database

database. A compilation of information arranged in a systematic way and offering a means of finding specific elements it contains, often today by electronic means. • Unless the information itself is original, a database is not protected by U.S. copyright law. Elsewhere, it may be protected as a distinct class of “literary works,” or it may be the subject of sui generis intellectual-property laws. See SWEAT-OF-THE-BROW DOCTRINE. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 12(3).]

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词条贡献者

双语律师Roger，毕业于一所培养最顶级翻译人才的语言学院，擅长翻译各类与商业秘密咨询与诉讼相关的法律文件。