The EU INSPIRE Directive: A Suitable Mechanism to Make Spatial Data (More) Available?
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Proceedings of the 50th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space. ed. / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 1. ed. 2008. p. 109-118.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - The EU INSPIRE Directive
T2 - Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space
AU - Smith, Lesley Jane
AU - Doldirina, Catherine
N1 - Conference code: 50
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Dr. Smith highlighted the significance of spatial information in the decision making process and hence stressed the importance of access to such information and the compatibility of information storage systems. This importance is further highlighted by the 2007 directive of the European Parliament and the Council establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE). This Directive is geared towards merging and stream lining policy – relevant spatial data and information. The paper analyzes the various provisions and regulatory regime of the Directive. The main focus is on interoperability as seen in Article 11, 13, 14, 15 and 17. Dr. Smith opined that the directive in no way aims to regulate the intellectual property rights regime applicable to data sets, information and services that will become available once the infrastructure is established; this is because the Directive has no influence on the existence or ownership of public authorities’ intellectual property rights. The speaker concluded saying that at this point in time nothing about the interpretation of the Directive is set in stone, because the framework will come into effect only in the year 2009 and the first implementation reports are due only in 2010. It is these implementation reports that will tell the world and the European Community whether IPR and charges for the services provided in the framework of INSPIRE can be solved in practice.
AB - Dr. Smith highlighted the significance of spatial information in the decision making process and hence stressed the importance of access to such information and the compatibility of information storage systems. This importance is further highlighted by the 2007 directive of the European Parliament and the Council establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE). This Directive is geared towards merging and stream lining policy – relevant spatial data and information. The paper analyzes the various provisions and regulatory regime of the Directive. The main focus is on interoperability as seen in Article 11, 13, 14, 15 and 17. Dr. Smith opined that the directive in no way aims to regulate the intellectual property rights regime applicable to data sets, information and services that will become available once the infrastructure is established; this is because the Directive has no influence on the existence or ownership of public authorities’ intellectual property rights. The speaker concluded saying that at this point in time nothing about the interpretation of the Directive is set in stone, because the framework will come into effect only in the year 2009 and the first implementation reports are due only in 2010. It is these implementation reports that will tell the world and the European Community whether IPR and charges for the services provided in the framework of INSPIRE can be solved in practice.
KW - Commercial law
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
SN - 978-1-56347-962-5
SP - 109
EP - 118
BT - Proceedings of the 50th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space
A2 - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Y2 - 24 September 2007 through 28 September 2007
ER -