Originality and the protection of databases: a CJEU definition

Such protection is of two kinds: (i) copyright, provided that the database is an original work; and/or (ii) a sui generis right granted to the producer of a database as a return on the investment made for obtaining, verifying or organising the presentation of the database, allowing it—under certain conditions—to prohibit the extraction, or partial or complete unauthorised use, of the content by third parties.