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Abstract
Intellectual Property systems are principally designed to afford adequate incentives for creators and inventors to invest in the creation of original and novel ideas and content, while also promoting the beneficial dissemination of knowledge. A balance must be struck between the two, since IP regimes that are too heavily geared towards granting data rights risk stifling diffusion of knowledge, whereas regimes that tilt too far in the other direction risk limiting incentives for data collection and innovation.