MVV59K Software Law

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. MgA. Jakub Míšek, Ph.D. (assistant)
JUDr. Bc. Lucie Smolka, Ph.D. (assistant)
JUDr. Danuše Spáčilová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D.
Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Timetable
each even Wednesday 13:30–15:00 030
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MVV59K/01: Mon 28. 9. to Fri 18. 12. each odd Wednesday 13:30–15:00 302, M. Myška
MVV59K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Myška
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of intellectual property law concepts.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aims of the course are:
to introduce software as the object of legal relationships;
to explain the basics of software legal protection;
to present the most important contractual issues of software law;
to teach basic legal and economic aspects of software marketing;
Syllabus
  • Introduction to software, software industry and market, software analysis and design
  • Copyright protection for software; copyright protection of non-literal elements in software
  • Software and know-how, trade secret, goodwill and trademark protection, Non-disclosure, confidentiality and non-competition agreements
  • Patent, industrial design and copyright protection for software
  • Database law
  • Software contracts: Free and Open Source Software
  • Software contracts: End user license agreement
  • Software contracts: Service level
  • Competition Law and Software Law
  • Software and law in international perspective
Literature
  • LEITH, Philip. Software and patents in Europe. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, viii, 203. ISBN 9780521868396. info
  • LEMLEY, Mark A. Software and internet law. 3rd ed. New York: Aspen Publishers, 2006, xxvi, 1151. ISBN 0735558647. info
  • Casenote legal briefs : software and internet law. Edited by Mark A. Lemley. New York: Aspen Publishers, 2003, xiv, 150. ISBN 0735536791. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussions, presentations by professionals.
Assessment methods
Written test - multiple choice test.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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