| Information technology law
|
| Section A: Copyright and other
protection for software |
| ·
Introduction to technology |
| · Source
code and object code |
| · United
Kingdom and United States law |
| ·
European Community software and database protection |
| ·
Software licensing |
| ·
Mass-market software |
| ·
Bespoke software |
| · Breach
of confidence and trade secrets |
| Section B: Patent and other protection
for software-related inventions |
| ·
Patentable subject matter |
| · United
Kingdom, United States and European patent law |
| ·
Semiconductor chip protection |
| · United
States Semiconductor Chip Protection Act |
| · Design
right protection in the United Kingdom |
| ·
European Community directive |
| Section C: Civil and criminal liability
related to information technology |
| ·
Exclusion and limitation of civil liability in contract and tort |
| ·
Product liability, United Kingdom, United States and European
Community law |
| ·
European Community competition law |
| ·
Computer crime |
| ·
Technology-specific crime |
| ·
Technology-assisted crime |
| ·
Computer evidence |
| ·
Introduction to the internet |
| ·
Commercial internet transactions |
| ·
Internet payment |
| ·
Electronic data interchange |
| Section D: Privacy, data protection and
employment issues |
| ·
Privacy, data protection and freedom of information |
| ·
Transborder data flows |
| ·
Employment rights |
| ·
Outsourcing |
Sequence:
Section A first, followed by
section B. |
|
Textbooks:
Ian J. Lloyd, Information
Technology Law 4th ed (Oxford University Press: Oxford,
2004), ISBN: 0406975787.
Chris Reed and John Angel (eds), Computer Law: The Law and
Regulation of Information Technology 6th ed (Oxford
University Press: Oxford, 2007), ISBN: 0199205965. |
