UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
IRVINE -- INFORMATION & COMPUTER
SCIENCE
ICS 280 -- SPRING QUARTER 2003
Computer Law Seminar -- Course Reference
Instructor: David G. Kay,
406B Computer Science. Office hours: Officially Tuesdays and Thursdays after
class, but feel free to drop by any time or send electronic mail to kay.
Meeting place and times: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 to 12:20,
in CS 243.
Course requirements: Reading and coming to discuss the course materials;
a term project on a computer law topic of your choice, presented orally
(half talk, half discussion); one take-home final exam (out at the end of
the ninth week, due at the start of finals week).
Readings:
I'll assign readings as we go. Some will be on-line; others will be
available in the ICS grad course handout file, in the filing cabinet outside
the ICS kitchen. The course home page is http://eee.uci.edu/03s/36782,
reachable more mnemonically from my home page (http://www.ics.uci.edu/~kay).
The course Email list is 36782-s03@classes.uci.edu;
feel free to post questions or comments.
Approximate course outline:
|
Week |
Date |
Topics |
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1 |
April 1 |
Overview of computer law and the course |
|
|
April 3 |
Background on the legal system, legal principles
and reasoning
Sources of law Courts and jurisdiction |
|
2 |
April 8 |
Protecting intellectual property rights in
computer software:
Copyright, patent, trade secret |
|
|
April 10 |
Intellectual property continued |
|
3 |
April 15 |
Current intellectual property issues |
|
|
April 17 |
Contracting for computer systems and services |
|
4 |
April 22 |
Contracting continued |
|
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April 24 |
Privacy protection
Fair information practices and fair credit reporting legislation |
|
5 |
April 29 |
Liability for system malfunction and Year 2000 issues |
|
|
May 1 |
Computer-related litigation and computer-based evidence |
|
6 |
May 6 |
Computer crime and computer abuse |
|
|
May 8 |
Professional ethics
Transborder data flow Electronic fund transfer systems Computer taxation Computer applications in law practice |
|
7 |
May 13, 15 |
Project presentations |
|
8 |
May 20, 22 |
Project presentations |
|
9 |
May 29, 31 |
Project presentations |
|
10 |
June 3, 5 |
Project presentations and epilogue |
David G. Kay, 408E Computer Science
Tuesday, January 25, 2005 -- 7:13 PM