| Information technology law |
| Section A: Copyright and other protection for software |
| · Introduction to technology |
| · Source code and object code |
| · United Kingdom and United States law |
| · European Community software and database protection |
| · Software licensing |
| · Mass-market software |
| · Bespoke software |
| · Breach of confidence and trade secrets |
| Section B: Patent and other protection for software-related inventions |
| · Patentable subject matter |
| · United Kingdom, United States and European patent law |
| · Semiconductor chip protection |
| · United States Semiconductor Chip Protection Act |
| · Design right protection in the United Kingdom |
| · European Community directive |
| Section C: Civil and criminal liability related to information technology |
| · Exclusion and limitation of civil liability in contract and tort |
| · Product liability, United Kingdom, United States and European Community law |
| · European Community competition law |
| · Computer crime |
| · Technology-specific crime |
| · Technology-assisted crime |
| · Computer evidence |
| · Introduction to the internet |
| · Commercial internet transactions |
| · Internet payment |
| · Electronic data interchange |
| Section D: Privacy, data protection and employment issues |
| · Privacy, data protection and freedom of information |
| · Transborder data flows |
| · Employment rights |
| · Outsourcing |
Sequence:
Section A first, followed by section B. |
Textbooks:
Ian J. Lloyd, Information Technology Law 4th ed (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2004), ISBN: 0406975787. |
| Chris Reed and John Angel (eds), Computer Law: The Law and Regulation of Information Technology 6th ed (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2007), ISBN: 0199205965. |
