D4PIT10 Protection of information in European and international law IV

Faculty of Law
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Pavel Koukal, Ph.D.
Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Jelínková
Prerequisites
This course does not have any prerequisites. General requirement for enrolment to this course is advanced knowledge of legal English incl. specific terminology of IP and civil law.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Upon the completion of this course, students shall be able to:
Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of information transaction from the perspective of the protection of IP
Select the appropriate type of contract as the legal basis for the implementation of an information transaction
Define the influence of international and European law for the implementation of an information transaction
Deal with the cross-border information transactions
Syllabus
  • Contract vs. obligation
  • License Agreements
  • Contract of creating of the intangible work
  • International License Agreements
  • Regulation of the European Parliament and Council (EC) No 593/2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I)
  • Protection of the business competition and agreements distorting the competition
Literature
  • Sterling, J.A.L. World Copyright Law. London: Sweet&Maxwell, 2008.
  • Kur, A., Dreier, T. European Intellectual Property Law. Cheltneham: Edwar Elgar, 2013
  • Goldstein, P. International Copyright: Principles, Law, and Practice. London: Oxford University Press, 2001.
  • Pagenberg, J., Beier, D. Lizenzverträge / License Agreements. Carl Heymanns Verlag, 2008.
  • WIPO Intellectual Property Handbook: Policy, Law and Use; dostupné z: http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/iprm/
Teaching methods
individual and group tutoring sessions, individual resolution of specific research tasks, colloquial presentation of research results
Assessment methods
Essay resolving assigned scientific issue (50%), colloquial presentation of results of individual research (50%)
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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