D4PIT12 Law of eCommerce II

Faculty of Law
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Josef Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Josef Kotásek, Ph.D.
Department of Commercial Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Tereza Buchalová
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 legal theory, ICT law and business 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
Abstract
The aim of this course is to analyse the advanced legal context of competition regulation of e-commerce marketing practices.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to:
Understand the legal nature of competition law regulation
Analyze and resolve difficult legal issues related to unfair competition practices in e-commerce
Analyse and resolve difficult legal issues related to public oversight of competition law
Analyse and resolve difficult legal issues related to methods of regulation (e.g. limits of self-regulatory mechanisms).
Key topics
  • The essence of e-commerce regulation by competition law standards
  • Typology of unfair competition practices
  • Unfair commercial practices
  • Supervision in the field of e-commerce
  • Specific position of trading platforms
  • Legal remedies against unfair competition and unfair commercial practices
  • Self-regulatory entities
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • Studijní literatura bude poskytnuta prostřednictvím e-learningové aplikace.
  • BEJČEK, Josef; Josef KOTÁSEK and Dana ONDREJOVÁ. Obchodní právo. Obecná část. Soutěžní právo (Commercial law. General part. Competition law). 2nd ed. Praha, 2024, 470 pp. ISBN 978-80-7400-941-9. info
    recommended literature
  • ONDREJOVÁ, Dana. Nekalosoutěžní reklama a nekalé obchodní praktiky v české i evropské právní úpravě a judikatuře (Unfair competition advertising and unfair commercial practices in Czech and European legislation and jurisprudence). In Nekalosoutěžní reklama a nekalé obchodní praktiky v české i evropské právní úpravě a judikatuře. Praha: Leges, 2018, p. 121-143,167-240,69-101, 127 pp. Edice Praktik. ISBN 978-80-7502-239-4. info
  • VÍTOVÁ, Blanka and Markéta ETLÍKOVÁ. Nekalé obchodní praktiky. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2017, xiii, 103. ISBN 9788075528674. info
  • ONDREJOVÁ, Dana and David SEHNÁLEK. Vliv práva Evropské unie na českou regulaci nekalé soutěže a nekalých obchodních praktik (The influence of European Union law on Czech regulation of unfair competition and unfair trade practices). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, 315 pp. Spisy Právnické fakulty MU (řada teoretická), Edice Scientia, sv. 570. ISBN 978-80-210-8398-1. info
  • ONDREJOVÁ, Dana. Nekalé obchodní praktiky uplatňované vůči spotřebitelům pohledem aktuální rozhodovací praxe (zejména) Soudního dvora EU (Unfair commercial practices applicable to consumers view the current decision-making practice (especially) the Court of Justice of the EU). Obchodněprávní revue. Nakladatelství C.H. Beck, 2014, neuveden, 7-8, p. 193-199. ISSN 1803-6554. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
individual and group tutoring sessions, individual resolution of specific research tasks
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Essay resolving assigned scientific issue.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2027.
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