Where businesses trade in data, what are the principles that should govern the relevant transactions?
At the moment, the Working Group for Electronic Commerce of UNCITRAL: United Nations Commission on International Trade Law is holding its 66th Session in Vienna, discussing these and other issues related to data provision contracts and the use of artificial intelligence and automation in contracting.
The UNCITRAL work on data provision contracts heavily builds on the "ALI-ELI Principles for a Data Economy", developed by Christiane Wendehorst and Neil B. Cohen. These principles can be implemented in any kind of legal environment and applied by courts or arbitral tribunals worldwide. Both Wendehorst and Cohen therefore attend the Sessions as observers on behalf of the European Law Institute (ELI) and the The American Law Institute.
