Czech

Not applicable.

Právnická fakulta (PF MU)

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to understand system and structure of legal protection of software including its international externalities as well as to practically use instruments of copyright protection of computer programmes. Students should also be able to work with various forms of software contracts and to assess validity and practical effects of these contracts. In addition, students will be able to practically apply sui generis protection of databases.

This course is relatively independent on other parts of the programme, so no prerequisites are required.

Not applicable.

The course consists of lectures and self-study of electronically provided course materials in MOODLE.

Debate on a drawn topic in a colloquium during the examination period.

Outline:

Introduction - legal protection, intellectual property law

Copyright and software I - scope of protection, exceptions, exercise of rights in specific types of works

Copyright and software II - Protection of non-literar elements

Software Patents
Databases and data

Contracts I - Introduction to contract law

Contracts II - Analysis, development and implementation

Contracts III - F/OSS

Contracts IV - service, maintenance and support

Contracts V - IT outsourcing, SLA, cloud computing, SaaS
Personal data protection

Enforcement of rights

Not applicable.

The course aims to particularly analyse and resolve legal issues arising from development and implementation of software namely with regards to legal protection of software and sui generis protection of databases. The course will tackle protection of software by copyrights focusing on practical problems arising of employment or contracted production of software. In addition, typical forms license agreements and standard forms of use of software will be analysed. The course will also provide for specific insight into personal data proteciton, data protection and sui generis protection of databases.

Study requirements will be published annually by the guarantor of the course.

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MYŠKA, Matěj a Jan TOMÍŠEK. Práva k datům a software. In Radim Polčák a kol. Právo informačních technologií. 1. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2018. s. 113-211. Právní monografie. ISBN 978-80-7598-045-8.

JANSA, Lukáš, Petr OTEVŘEL a Martin ŠTEVKO. Softwarové právo. 3. aktualizované a rozšířené vydání. Brno: Computer Press, 2018. ISBN 978-80-251-4914-0.
SEDLÁKOVÁ, Jana, Roman TOMEK, Tereza FORMANOVÁ, Pavel ČECH a Jiří HRADSKÝ. Softwarové smlouvy: jejich specifika a kontraktační proces. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2021. Právní praxe. ISBN 978-80-7400-814-6. (CS)