1	INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF DATABASES; STUDIES ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION OF NON-ORIGINAL DATABASES Helga Tabuchi Copyright Law Division WIPO
2	Outline of the Presentation Background Copyright protection of databases Protection of non-original databases Economic studies commissioned by WIPO
3	About WIPO Specialized agency of the United Nations Promotion of creativity through intellectual property rights 179 member States
4	Background WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighboring Rights Questions, Geneva, December 2 to 20, 1996 Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
5	Copyright protection of databases: International norms Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Berne Convention) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
6	Copyright protection of databases: Regional legislation Decision No. 351 of the Cartagena Agreement North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA Agreement) Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996, on the legal protection of databases
7	Protection of non-original databases: Regional legislation Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996, on the legal protection of databases
8	Protection of non-original databases: National legislation 15 European Community member States European Economic Area (EEA) member States some Eastern European candidate countries Mexico
9	Economic studies commissioned by WIPO (1) 5 studies in early 2002 from the USA, Egypt, Denmark, India and China, available at <http://www.wipo.int/eng/meetings/2002/sccr/index_7.htm> 1 study on Latin America and the Caribbean region expected in later 2002
10	Economic studies commissioned by WIPO (2) Mr. Yale M. Braunstein, Professor, School of Information Management and Systems, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America (USA) Mr. Sherif El-Kassas, Associate Director, Center for Academic Computing, Cairo, Egypt Mr. Thomas Riis, Associate Professor, Law Department, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark Mr. Phiroz Vandrevela, Chairman, National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), New Delhi, India Mr. Zheng Shengli, Professor, School of Intellectual Property, Peking University, Beijing, China
11	Economic studies commissioned by WIPO (3) Mr. Andrés López, Researcher, Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación (CENIT), Professor of “Development Economics,” Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
12	CONCLUSION Visit the WIPO website at: http://www.wipo.int Thank you!