DA1PIT01 Protection of information in European and international law I

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Koukal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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: Mgr. Ivana Hovořáková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of 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
The aim of the course is to explain the concept of information and data in law and to demonstrate the related legal problems.
Learning outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, students shall be able to:
Understand the concept of information and data in law;
Know the historical development of the protection of information and data in positive law;
Define and critically discuss erga omnes rights to information and data
Syllabus
  • Information and data as legal asset;
  • Legal protection regimes of information and data;
  • Property rights to mere data
Literature
    required literature
  • 4. WIEBE, Andreas. Protection of industrial data – a new property right for the digital economy? GRUR Int. 2016, roč. 65, č. 10, s. 877–884
  • 3. Zech, Herbert. Information as Property, Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law, 2015, Vol. 6, No. 3, p. 192-197, http://www.jipitec.eu/issues/jipitec-6-3-2015/4315
  • 2. Zech, Herbert. A legal framework for a data economy in the European Digital Single Market: rights to use data. Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 11, Issue 6, 1 June 2016, Pages 460–470, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpw049
  • POLČÁK, Radim. Informace a data v právu (Information and Data in Law). Revue pro právo a technologie. Masarykova univerzita, 2016, vol. 7, No 13, p. 67-91. ISSN 1804-5383. Open access časopisu info
    recommended literature
  • 2. Floridi, Luciano. Information: a very short introduction. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, 130 s. Very short introductions, 225. ISBN 978-0-19-955137-8
  • 1. Bygrave, Lee A. Information Concepts in Law: Generic Dreams and Definitional Daylight, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Volume 35, Issue 1, 1 March 2015, Pages 91–120, https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqu011
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
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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