1. Digital Identity Digital identity. Digital Reputation. Dealing with the crisis in social media. Basic legal aspects of e-commerce. |
2. E-commerce Basic legal aspects of e-commerce (c¿ed): Liability of service providers acting as intermediaries. Basic aspects of the Digital Services Act. |
3. Legal Basics of Blockchain |
4. Case Study |
5. Artificial Intelligence AI. The transparency problem: The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing. The right to an explanation. Potential Impact on Fundamental Rights: bias and inequality. European proposal for an AI Regulation. Legal issues about data mining. |
6. Intellectual Property Rights Types of Intellectual Property and their role in the digital business: understanding trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, patents and trade secrets. |
7. Patents v. Trade Secrets (Know-How). Software protection. Case study about patents v. trade secrets. Software: how to protect the code, the functionality, the GUI, the algorithms. Reverse Engineering: storming the castle. |
8. Software Agreements Contracts and licenses. Software license agreements: key aspects. Understanding Open Source.Proprietary Commercial License v. Open Source License. Choosing an Open Source License. Working with the GPL: understanding the terms of the debate. Thinking about derivative works. |
9. E-procurement: key negotiation points in tech contracts: Tech Maintenance Agreements, Tech Outsourcing, and Design, Installation and Support of complex Tech software and hardware systems. |
10. Smart Contracts |
