The Data Act: First Assessments

In June 2023 the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, the Humboldt University of Berlin and the Center for Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Law (CIPLITEC) held a workshop on the – then just politically agreed – Data Act (DA). This volume contains the contributions based on the presentations by international experts, who participated in this workshop.

The EU Data Act: First Assessments sheds light on the interfaces between the DA and important other fields of law that the DA will have a great impact on. The First Assessments in this volume show that there are still various open questions and conflicts with different legal areas, posing fundamental challenges to achieving the objectives envisioned by the European legislator. This volume demonstrates that it will largely be up to the CJEU to successfully synchronise these legal interfaces, on which the DA so heavily depends.

Overview:

Designing the Bundle of Rights on IoT Data: The EU Data Act | Martina Eckardt and Wolfgang Kerber | p. 3

A comparative economic perspective on EU data market regulations | Bertin Martens | p. 23

The EU Data Act – The Interface with Competition Law | Thomas Weck | p. 39

Data Access Rights as Property Rights | Herbert Zech | p. 53

Contracts under the Data Act: Review of standard terms and FRAND Conditions | Axel Metzger | p. 67

The Data Act and trade secrets: an experiment in compulsory licensing | Tanya Aplin | p. 85

Data Act and Data Protection Law | Andreas Sattler | p. 103

»Without prejudice«: The Interface of the Data Act and Copyright | Benjamin Raue | p. 139

The Database Right and Art. 43 of the Data Act | Andreas Wiebe | p.149

Contributions written by:

•Martina Eckardt (Budapest, Hungary) & Wolfgang Kerber (Marburg, Germany)
•Bertin Martens (Brussels, Belgium)
•Thomas Weck (Frankfurt, Germany)
•Herbert Zech (Berlin, Germany)
•Axel Metzger (Berlin, Germany)
•Tanya Aplin (London, United Kingdom)
•Andreas Sattler (Karlsruhe, Germany)
•Benjamin Raue (Trier, Germany)
•Andreas Wiebe (Göttingen, Germany)