1. Distinguish between data and databases
The notion of data is not defined at Code de la propriété intellectuelle . The arrêté du 22 décembre 1981 sur l'enrichissement de la langue française defines it as a "representation of information in a conventional form intended to facilitate its processing".
When several pieces of data are collected and assembled into an organized whole, enabling them to be consulted, we speak of a database.
From a legal point of view, a database is defined by article L. 112-3 of
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Distinguish between data and databases
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Loi n° 98-536 du 1 er juillet 1998 transposing Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of March 11, 1996 on the legal protection of databases into the Intellectual Property Code
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