MVV793K Private Law of Information Technologies

Faculty of Law
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. MgA. Jakub Míšek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ing. František Kasl, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Pavel Loutocký, Ph.D., BA (Hons) (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jan Svoboda, Ph.D., LL.M. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Ing. Jan Tomíšek, Ph.D. (assistant)
JUDr. Jan Zibner, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D.
Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Tereza Buchalová
Supplier department: Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 24. 2. to Fri 22. 5. each odd Monday 14:00–15:40 038
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MVV793K/01: Mon 2. 3. to Fri 22. 5. each even Monday 14:00–15:40 038, M. Myška
MVV793K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Myška
Prerequisites
MP410Zk Civil Law III && MP511Zk Intellectual Property && MP510Z Civil Procedural Law II - sem.
The course is recommended primarily for students of master's degree in law. Basic knowledge of the subjects taught in the first five semesters is expected. Knowledge of English language is recommended.
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
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to explain selected issues of private law regulation of information technologies.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course the student shall be able to:
- understand basic aspects of private legal regulation of ICT
- analyze and solve particular problems related to private legal jurisdiction on the internet
- analyze and solve particular problems related to privacy protection online
- analyze and solve particular problems related to the ISP liability
- analyze and solve particular problems related to intellectual property on-line
- analyze and solve particular problems related to software protection
- analyze and solve particular problems related to domain names and domain disputes
Syllabus
  • - Private international law online - conflict of laws and applicable law related questions
  • - Privacy protection online
  • - Specific issues of ISP liability
  • - Intellectual property online
  • - Software law
  • - Domain names and domain disputes
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HUSOVEC, Martin. Zodpovednosť na internete: podľa českého a slovenského práva. Praha: CZ.NIC, c2014. CZ.NIC. ISBN 978-80-904248-8-3.
  • TELEC, Ivo. Právo duševního vlastnictví v informační společnosti. 1st ed. Praha: Nakladatelství Leges, s. r. o., 2015, 240 pp. ISBN 978-80-7502-061-1. info
  • JANSA, Lukáš and Petr OTEVŘEL. Softwarové právo. 2. vyd. Brno: Computer Press, 2014, 414 s. ISBN 9788025142011. info
  • MYŠKA, Matěj. Veřejné licence (Public Licenses). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 252 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7538-2. info
  • KYSELOVSKÁ, Tereza. Vybrané otázky vlivu elektronizace na evropské mezinárodní právo soukromé a procesní : (se zaměřením na princip teritoriality a pravidla pro založení mezinárodní příslušnosti soudu ve sporech vyplývajících ze smluvních závazkových vztahů) (The Influence of Electronization on Selected Issues in Private International Law (with Focus on the Principle of Territoriality and Jurisdictional Rules in Commercial Contracts). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Právnická fakulta, 2014, 228 pp. Spisy Právnické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, řada teoretická, Edice Scientia; sv. č. 487. ISBN 978-80-210-7424-8. info
  • MATEJKA, Ján. Internet jako objekt práva : hledání rovnováhy autonomie a soukromí. Praha: CZ.NIC, 2013, 256 s. ISBN 9788090424876. URL info
  • POLČÁK, Radim. Internet a proměny práva (Internet and metamorphoses of law). 1st ed. Praha: Auditorium, 2012, 388 pp. edite Téma. ISBN 978-80-87284-22-3. info
  • POLČÁK, Radim, Zsolt György BALOGH, Michael BOGDAN, Giovanni Maria RICCIO, Dan Jerker B. SVANTESSON and Andreas WIEBE. Introduction to ICT Law (Selected Issues). Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, 2007, 185 pp. AUBI, řada teoretická, 314. ISBN 978-80-210-4302-2. info
  • POLČÁK, Radim. Právo na internetu - spam a odpovědnost ISP (Law on the Tnternet - Spam and the Responsibility of ISPs). Brno: Computer Press, 2007, 150 pp. Právo pro denní praxi. ISBN 978-80-251-1777-4. info
    not specified
  • Další literatura bude poskytnuta prostřednictvím interaktivní osnovy/Further reading will be provided in the interactive syllabus.
Teaching methods
lectures; seminars; e-learning application; reading, case law analysis
Assessment methods
To successfully complete the course, it is necessary to cumulatively meet the following conditions:
- Active participation in all the seminars (one absence allowed)
- Successful elaboration of more than a half of questionnaires following the lectures
- Preparation of an opinion on given topic and its presentation at the final moot court

ISP: To successfully complete the course, it is necessary to cumulatively meet the following conditions:
- Successful elaboration of all questionnaires following the lectures
- Preparation of two opinions on given topic and its consultation during the exam period
- Preparation of three FIRAC annotations of case law
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
FIRAC annotations created by the students within this course will also be used in the context of the project FRMU "ICT Law Case Law Repository" (project number: MUNI/FR/0939/2016) and may be disseminated under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License (Available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode). By enrolling into this course the student consents to such use of the work and grants MU a non-exclusive, gratuitous, royalty-free, quantitatively unlimited world-wide license to all known manners of use of the work - annotation (including, but not limited to, reproduction, distribution and public performance), separately or in a set or in conjunction with another work or other elements, for the term of the duration of economic rights with the possibility of the MU to grant a third person or persons an authorization to use the Work, in whole or in part. MU is not obliged to make use of the granted license.
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