Abstract
The European Union-specific sui-generis database right aims to protect investment and effort in producing unoriginal databases. This paper compares the sui-generis model and Indian Copyright, arguing against the adoption of the sui-generis model in India, as unoriginal compilations are already protected under Indian Copyright. The sui-generis right is an unnecessary addition. If the sui-generis right displaces Copyright in compilations, it would reduce database protection and discourage database creation. If at all the right is to be introduced in India, it can be used to protect databases containing raw, unclassified and unarranged data, which is protected under the sui-generis law but not under Indian intellectual property law.
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