Where businesses trade in data, what are the principles that should govern the relevant transactions? For example, should the recipient, by default, have a right to engage in any sort of lawful activity with the data (sales approach), or only in the activities which the supplier has given permission to (license approach)? 

Recently, UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) discussed these and other issues related to data provision contracts and the use of artificial intelligence and automation in contracting.
 
The new 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, both attended the Sessions as observers on behalf of the European Law Institute (ELI) and the The American Law Institute.