Peculiarities of the Information-Legal Regime of Research Data

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the study of scientific data as an object of information-law regulation. It identifies the existing legislative approaches to determining the legal significance of the use of scientific information. Particular attention is paid to the problem of establishing criteria for qualifying information as scientific, as developed in judicial practice and legal doctrine. The author analyzes the legal regimes applicable to scientific information from the perspective of access to it and, as a result, concludes that the legal regime of scientific data is differentiated. The article also attempts to formulate new conceptual approaches to the public-law regulation of the circulation of scientific information. In conclusion, the author identifies the basic aspects on which further improvement of legal regulation may be based in order to transform scientific data into a systemic resource for achieving technological leadership.