Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997, regulation 13: the UK database right (SI 1997/3032, reg 13(1))
The UK keeps the same database right as the EU, on the same test of substantial investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting the contents. A UK holder that built and cleaned a corpus can rely on it; one that only exported what its business produced may not.
Dated 18 Oct 2026Source checked 18 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“A property right (“database right”) subsists, in accordance with this Part, in a database if there has been a substantial investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting the contents of the database.”
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