@article{49025,
      recid = {49025},
      author = {Kazeeva, Iana,},
      title = {Sui Generis Intellectual Property Protection : Comparison  of EU and U.S. Regulatory Approaches.},
      pages = {102 pages.},
      abstract = {The standard forms of intellectual property protection,  namely, copyright, patents, trademarks and trade secrets,  have a long history and are well regulated in the  legislative systems of most jurisdictions. However, there  are specific kinds of subject matter that, due to their  characteristics, cannot be adequately protected by these  standard forms of intellectual property instruments. At the  same time, these categories of subject matter require legal  protection in order to ensure the balance between the  public's access to these creations and the creators'  rights. For these reasons, many jurisdictions introduce a  special form of intellectual property protection, namely,  sui generis regime, i.e., intellectual property legal  regime "of its own kind", designed to serve the specific  needs of a particular subject matter. This book analyzes  the intellectual property protection regimes in the EU and  the U.S. available for three categories of subject matter  that are often considered as requiring sui generis  protection, namely, databases, designs and plant varieties.  One of the main objectives is to evaluate whether the  chosen subject matter in fact requires sui generis  intellectual property protection and whether the introduced  sui generis regimes have proved to be successful over time.  The final chapter of this book analyses the perspectives of  sui generis intellectual property protection for works  generated by AI systems. This volume offers a comprehensive  analysis of sui generis intellectual property rights and  will be a key source for both scholars and practitioners  with an interest in intellectual property law.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/49025},
}