Any substantial change, evaluated qualitatively or quantitatively, to the contents of a database, including any substantial change resulting from the accumulation of successive additions, deletions or alterations, which would result in the database being considered to be a substantial new investment, evaluated qualitatively or quantitatively, shall qualify the database resulting from that investment for its own term of protection.
Z vsako bistveno spremembo vsebine baze podatkov, ocenjeno kakovostno ali količinsko, vključno z vsako bistveno spremembo, ki izhaja iz nakopičenja zaporednih dodatkov, izbrisov ali sprememb, katere posledica bi bila, da se baza podatkov obravnava kot bistveno nova naložba, ocenjena kakovostno ali količinsko, baza podatkov, ki izhaja iz te naložbe, izpolni pogoje za lastno trajanje varstva.