Data Extraction: Beyond the Sweat of the Brow

By Leslie Vander Griend | Related Practice: Intellectual Property

Researchers and publishers regularly have questions about the use of data in the form tables and other tabulations in subsequent work, such as an illustration in a textbook. Originally published in Significance magazine, this paper, co-authored by Shareholder Leslie Vander Griend and University of Washington professor Dr. Gerald van Belle, discusses the legal issues surrounding the copyrights on the data and how the information can be used.