Global leadership at the intersection of copyright, computational research, and the right to knowledge.
Overview
Text and data mining (TDM) has become essential to scientific discovery, digital scholarship, artificial intelligence, and large-scale computational analysis. Yet the legal frameworks governing TDM vary widely across jurisdictions, creating uncertainty for researchers, libraries, universities, and technology companies.
Our firm is one of the few globally with deep, comparative expertise in TDM exceptions, research limitations, and the legal foundations of computational analysis. We help institutions innovate responsibly while ensuring legal compliance across national, regional, and international frameworks.
This practice is grounded in years of scholarship, international policy work, and contributions to leading comparative studies on research exceptions.
Our Services
TDM Exception Analysis & Application
- Interpretation of TDM exceptions under the EU DSM Directive (Articles 3 and 4)
- Guidance on U.S. fair use as applied to data mining and machine learning
- Advisory on TDM rules across Latin America and the Andean Community
- Compatibility assessments for cross-border research collaborations
Research Exceptions & Right to Research
- Comparative analysis of research exceptions worldwide
- Legal frameworks for computational analysis by universities and libraries
- Support for drafting or revising national research exceptions
- Policy recommendations for public agencies and governments
Institutional Policy Development
- Creation of TDM policies for universities, libraries, archives, and research facilities
- Contractual guidance for accessing digital databases, corpora, and datasets
- Ensuring compliance with license terms, copyright laws, and database rights
- Model frameworks for lawful text scraping and machine-reading practices
TDM for AI Development
- Legal analysis of dataset creation for training machine learning models
- Assessment of whether TDM outputs can be reused for scientific or commercial purposes
- Guidance on derivative works, extraction rights, and downstream liability
- Integration of TDM strategies into broader AI data governance frameworks
Research Infrastructure & Open Science
- Legal review of data-sharing and repository policies
- Copyright clearance for research corpora
- Advising institutions on open-data mandates, FAIR principles, and international best practices
Who We Serve
This practice supports organizations at the heart of scientific and digital innovation:
- Universities and research centers
- Libraries and cultural heritage institutions
- AI developers and machine learning labs
- Technology companies using large datasets
- Government agencies and copyright offices
- International organizations focused on IP and development
- Academic consortia and open science networks
Our Distinctive Approach
Global Comparative Expertise
We are uniquely positioned to advise on TDM and research exceptions across the U.S., EU, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and WIPO-driven contexts.
Policy-Level Influence
Our work contributes to leading comparative research initiatives, including the PIJIP/TLS Research Exception Studiesand other global right-to-research efforts.
Academic + Practical Integration
Clients benefit from guidance that blends scholarly authority with real-world implementation experience.
Support for Innovation & Equity
We help institutions participate in global research ecosystems, enabling innovations that advance human development and scientific progress.
Representative Engagements
- Advised a national copyright offices on TDM exceptions aligned with EU and international best practices.
- Developed a research-exception framework for a university consortium conducting computational linguistics projects.
- Assisted a national library network with TDM policies for digital scholarship and AI-assisted research.
- Conducted a cross-jurisdictional analysis of TDM legality for a multinational AI developer.
- Produced a legal roadmap for open-science data mining for an international organization.
Contact Us
For guidance on TDM exceptions, research rights, and responsible computational analysis,
email us at: info@andresizquierdo.com
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