This week’s topics
Intellectual Property and Commercial IT Law
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
- Open-source vs proprietary licensing models
- Patenting software algorithms
- Safe harbour and intermediary liability
- Intellectual Property | Digital Industry | Copyright
- 33 Software licensing
- Intellectual Property | Digital Industry | Patents
- SIMS 141 - Intellectual Property & Search: Jason Schultz,...
What you will be able to do
- 2.1 Critically evaluate the implications of legislation for IT activities.
- 2.2 Critically evaluate the impact of related legislation on the IT sector.
Activity
Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically evaluate the implications of legislation for IT activities.
Study materials
Videos
- Intellectual Property | Digital Industry | Copyright · YouTube · Invest Northern Ireland · 24 min · for registered students
- 33 Software licensing · YouTube · Neil Brown · 13 min · for registered students
- Intellectual Property | Digital Industry | Patents · YouTube · Invest Northern Ireland · 9 min · for registered students
- Artificial intelligence, intellectual property and the creative industries | LSE Event · YouTube · LSE · 92 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
- Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/2013) · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
- Foundations of Information Systems, 12.2: Intellectual Property · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 450–459 · for registered students
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