Traps are formal, deliberately wrong elements, that certain authors use in order to detect a possibly unauthorized reproduction of their work, the occurrence of such an error in two or more works being likely to cause a simple presumption of illegal copying. The fundamental role of traps comes within the scope of evidence, in a potential claim form covering the liability in tort of the author of such an illegal act.The paper discusses t...

The article examines the protection of databases by copyright. It is discused the legitimacy of this protection and the particularities of the legal regime of the protection of databases in the European Union. In addition, are analyzed the solutions of the Court of Justice of the European Union, regarding this matter. ...