DA4LIR01 Legal Issues in Research

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Koukal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Luboš Brim, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
There are no specific prerequisites for this course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The purpose of this course is to discuss legal issues related to regular practice in research. In particular, the course will focus on compliance and liability regimes arising from gathering and processing of research data. In addition, there will be tackled IP-related issues of scientific publishing (incl. recent phenomena such as open science, grey literature etc.)
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students sould be able to:
understand an apply data protection and privacy compliance in research data
understanad and apply basic liability regimes in processing of primary and secondary research data
understand and apply basic IP instruments related to protection of research outcomes incl. legal protection of scientific heritage
understand basic legal issues related to public and private financing of research
understand legal regulatory framework of project financing and functioning of scientific consortia
critically assess current research policies (such as open science or grey literature)
Syllabus
  • privacy and data protection in research
  • IP in research (industrial IP)
  • IP in research (copyrights)
  • law of public financing of research
  • research contracting and research consortia
  • PSI re-use and scientific heritage
Literature
    recommended literature
  • CHASSANG, G. The impact of the EU general data protection regulation on scientific research. ecancermedicalscience. 2017, roč. 11. Získáno z: doi:10.3332/ecancer.2017.709
  • OECD (2015), "Making Open Science a Reality", OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers, No. 25, OECD Publishing, Paris, http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jrs2f963zs1-en.
  • VAIDHYANATHAN, Siva. Intellectual property: a very short introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 9780195372779.
Teaching methods
Research colloquia (in-class discussion and consultations), independent desk research, independent resolution of practical assignment (scenario)
Assessment methods
Credits will be awarded upon submission and presentation of assigned practical scenario (the scenario will consist of legal issues typically occurring in research practice).
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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