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A New (Intellectual) Property Right for Non-Personal Data? An Economic Analysis
The discussion about appropriate legal rules for the digital economy has raised the question of the ownership of non-personal data, e.g. in the context of value networks of firms, smart manufacturing and connected cars. The article analyzes from an economic perspective whether there is a need for a...
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| Published in: | MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 37-2016) |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | PDF Full Text |
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| Summary: | The discussion about appropriate legal rules for the digital economy has raised the question of the ownership of non-personal data, e.g. in the context of value networks of firms, smart manufacturing and connected cars. The article analyzes from an economic perspective whether there is a need for a new exclusive IPR on data. It is shown that there are no convincing economic arguments for the in-troduction of such a new IPR, especially due to the lack of an incentive problem for the production and analysis of data. On the contrary, a new IPR on data might lead to considerable problems and dangers for competition and innovation, especially for the digital economy, which depends on the access to a broad variety of data. Therefore problems of access to data might be a much more im-portant policy issue than exclusive property rights on data. |
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| Physical Description: | 23 Pages |
| ISSN: | 1867-3678 |
| DOI: | 10.17192/es2024.0523 |