LAW-2170 Emerging Issues in Law: Information Technology and Transnational Business
This seminar will present an overview of how the cross-border world economy impacts intellectual property law, information technology, and e-business transactions. In todays global economy, business lawyers increasingly encounter transnational intellectual and information technology issues in their practice. Topics covered will include the globalization of intellectual property, global copyright and trademark law, transnational privacy, e-commerce issues, the licensing of software and content, the law of social networking sites, complex products liability & environmental law, cybertort torts, employment issues with e-mail, the Internet, and the social media consumer protection in an information society. Students must write a scholarly paper on a topic approved by the professor. Students will be required to write a minimum 25-30 page paper (without footnotes or bibliography).