The European protection of databases has been criticized for having a negative impact on the scientific development and the process of discovery. In the paper it is checked whether one of the most important research infrastructures, such as biobanks, could be entitled with the sui generis right as shaped within the current European legal system.
Ducato, R. (2013). “Adiós Sui Géneris”: a study of the legal feasibility of the sui generis right in the context of research biobanks. Revista de Derecho y Genoma Humano, 38, 125-146. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/62781 (Original work published 2013)