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Academic Year/course: 2023/24

8071 - Advanced Master in Legal Sciences

32059 - Advanced Analysis of Global and Comparative Law


Teaching Guide Information

Academic Course:
2023/24
Academic Center:
807 - Masters Centre of the Department of Law
Study:
8071 - Advanced Master in Legal Sciences
Subject:
32059 - Advanced Analysis of Global and Comparative Law
Credits:
4.0
Course:
1
Teaching languages:
Theory: Group 1: English
Teachers:
Nicola Lucchi
Teaching Period:
Second Quarter
Schedule:
Go to calendars and timetables

Presentation

The objective of this course is to examine how the scientific and technological revolution is reshaping the principles, conceptions, and values of the present legal order, hence having a dramatic impact on legal systems in general and on particular legal issues. In this context, the course will examine the interaction between science, technology, and law by analyzing the evolving character of the law in response to new issues in this field. By analyzing case studies, the purpose is to comprehend how these new events may be seen as aspects capable of affecting the structure of "traditional rights" or how they may just need a new lens through which to be viewed.

Associated skills

On completion of the course the students will be able to:

Skills and abilities
- explain the interplay between technological activities and regulatory rules.
- explain the legal challenges and the opportunities created by the development of new technologies
- analyze and address legal and ethical issues related to the development of scientific and technological innovations

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the students will be able to:

Knowledge and understanding
- explain the central and basic themes within the field of law & technology
- use relevant knowledge of applicable law in the technological context
- solve and evaluate tech-based issues where relevant law can be applied.

Judgement and approach
- Independently identify and analyze specific problems related to the development of scientific and technological innovations
- Independently evaluate and interpret relevant law issues connected with thech-innovations
- critically review relevant legal texts.
- independently and critically make assessments in the legal field.

Contents

Please note: all recommended reading materials will be readily accessible for download on the 'Aula Global' course page

 

SESSION 1:

Introduction to Law, Science and Technology

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Governing Innovation." Seminar-597. May 2009

Available at http://www.india-seminar.com/2009/597/597_sheila_jasanoff.htm

 

SESSION 2:

Regulating the Digital Environment

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Lawrence Lessig, The Law of the Horse: What Cyberlaw Might Teach, 113 Harv. L. Rev. 501, 509-10 (1999).

Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006) chapter 11 - Available at https://cyber.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Sentence-sliced_Text_Chapter_11

Andrej Savi , EU Internet Law, 3rd Edition, Edward Elgar (2020) (chapter 1)

 

SESSION 3:

Social media law: Digital copyright and user-generated content

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Nicola Lucchi, Countering the Unfair Play of DRM Technologies, 16 Tex. Intell. Prop. L.J. 91 (2007).

Daniel Gervais, The Tangled Web of UGC: Making Copyright Sense of User-Generated Content, 11 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 841 (2009)

Maria Lilla Montagnani, A New Interface Between Copyright Law and Technology: How User-Generated Content Will Shape the Future of Online Distribution, 26 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 719 (2009)

Andrej Savi , EU Internet Law, 3rd Edition, Edward Elgar (2020) (chapter 6)

G. Splinder, Copyright Law and Internet Intermediaries Liability, in EU Internet law in the digital era : regulation and enforcement / Tatiana-Eleni Synodinou et al eds. (2020)

 

SESSION 4:

Online contracts, Privacy, Consumer protection 

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Andrej Savi , EU Internet Law, 3rd Edition, Edward Elgar (2020) (chapter 2;7;8)

Michiel Rhoen: “Beyond Consent: Improving Data Protection Through Consumer Protection Law,” Internet Policy Review, volume 5, number 1, 2016 (available at https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/beyond-consent-improving-data-protection-through-consumer-protection-law)

Lena Ulbricht, “Big data: big power shifts?” Internet Policy Review, volume 5, number 1, 2016 (available at https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/big-data-big-power-shifts )

SESSION 5:

Legal implications of Algorithmic Creativity

Lecture

Suggested readings:

N. Lucchi, ChatGPT: A Case Study on Copyright Challenges for Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems, European Journal of Risk Regulation (2023)

Bonadio, Enrico & McDonagh, Luke, ‘Artificial Intelligence as Producer and Consumer of Copyright Works: Evaluating the Consequences of Algorithmic Creativity’ Intellectual Property Quarterly 2, 112-137 (2020)

Bonadio, Enrico et al., ‘Intellectual property aspects of robotics’ European Journal of Risk Regulation 9(4) 655–676 (2018)

Denicola, Robert C., Ex Machina: Copyright Protection for Computer-Generated Works, 69 Rutgers U. L. Rev. 251 (2016)

Guadamuz, Andres, Do Androids Dream of Electric Copyright? Comparative Analysis of Originality in Artificial Intelligence Generated Works (June 5, 2017). Intellectual Property Quarterly, 2017

Tim W. Dornis, AI Creativity: Emergent Works and the Void in Current Copyright Doctrine, 22 Yale J.L. & Tech. 1 (2020)

 

SESSION 6:

The EU General Data Protection Regulation

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Andrej Savi , EU Internet Law, 3rd Edition, Edward Elgar (2020) (chapter 8, §3)

Sahar Bhaimia, The General Data Protection Regulation: The Next Generation of EU Data Protection, 18 Legal Info. Mgmt. 21, 21 (2018).

Kimberly Houser & W. Gregory Voss, GDPR: The End of Google and Facebook or a New Paradigm in Data Privacy? 25 Rich. J. L. & Tech. 1, (2018)

Understanding the GDPR, 44 J. of Dev. in Soc. Serv., Policy & Leg. (2017)

 

SESSION 7:

Analysis and Discussion of a real case

Seminar/Assignment 1 

 

SESSION 8:

The Evolution of Creativity: Software, 3D Printing, NFTs, Virtual Reality etc (guest lecture: Prof. C. Sappa - IÉSEG School of Management)

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Andrés Guadamuz, The Treachery of Images: Non-fungible Tokens and Copyright, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (2021)

Marianna Ryan, Intellectual property considerations and challenges in the metaverse, E.I.P.R. 2023, 45(2), 80-84

Charles Cronin, Intellectual Property Implications of 3D Printing of Cultural Heritage (2021)

 

SESSION 9:

Learning, knowledge building, and subject matter definition for the final essay

Seminar/Assignment 2

Suggested readings:

How To Choose A Research Topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXvoKE6_wQo

 

SESSION 10:

Legal implications of Algorithmic Creativity

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Bonadio, Enrico & McDonagh, Luke, ‘Artificial Intelligence as Producer and Consumer of Copyright Works: Evaluating the Consequences of Algorithmic Creativity’ Intellectual Property Quarterly 2, 112-137 (2020).

Bonadio, Enrico et al., ‘Intellectual property aspects of robotics’ European Journal of Risk Regulation 9(4) 655–676 (2018).

Denicola, Robert C., Ex Machina: Copyright Protection for Computer-Generated Works, 69 Rutgers U. L. Rev. 251 (2016); 

Guadamuz, Andres, Do Androids Dream of Electric Copyright? Comparative Analysis of Originality in Artificial Intelligence Generated Works (June 5, 2017). Intellectual Property Quarterly, 2017 (2). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2981304

SESSION 11:

Balancing Innovation and Access: The World of Standard Essential Patents in Technology (guest lecture - Prof. E. Bonadio, City Law School London)

Lecture

Suggested readings:

E. Bonadio & N. Lucchi, Antisuit Injunctions in SEP Disputes and the Recent EU's WTO/TRIPS Case against China, The Journal of World Intellectual Property, 2023; 1-13

Luke McDonagh & E. Bonadio, Standard Essential Patents and the Internet of Things, EU Commission report (2019) Fitxer

Justus Baron et al, Essential patents and standard dynamics, 45 Research Policy 1762 (2016)

 

SESSION 12:

Assignment on Digital Contracts and Data Protection

Seminar/Assignment 3

 

SESSION 13:

Questions & Answers session

 

 

Sustainable Development Goals

#Quality Education

#Gender Equality

#Collective participation in achieving Goals

 

Evaluation and grading system

The examination combines individual assignments and a final individual written exam. Assignments represent the 50% of the final course grade. The remaining 50% is represented by the written final exam. To pass the course you need to - in accordance with this course syllabus - pass the written exam on this course.

The following table provides an overview of all the relevant assignments, examinations and requirements to pass the course:

 

Examinations

 

Details

Points

 Required to pass

Seminar1+Assignment1

 

Individual or Group assignment 

20

Pass/Fail

Seminar2+Assignment2

 

Individual or Group assignment 

15

Pass/Fail

Seminar3+Assignment3

 

Individual or Group assignment 

15

Pass/Fail

Final Written Exam

Individual “take-home” written exam (essay type)

50

30

 

Total points

 

 

100

 

60

 

Final exam (Essay type): Students will be free to select one of the subjects discussed during the course (also a case or a court decision) doing some additional research in order to write down a final essay on the topic. Approaches used in writing the final essay may include, among others, a comparative law perspective, a descriptive or normative view of a particular issue, a case study, an historical or a sociological approach. 

 

Length of essays: approximately 4,000-5,000 words footnotes included (7-8 pages). If needed, students may write more pages, however it is recommended to provide only clear and concise thoughts avoiding unnecessary information.

These general guidelines are intended to be a guide rather than an absolute standard.

References and sources should be adequately cited through footnotes. A bibliography at the end of the paper listing the sources used in the development of the paper is considered appropriate.

If a student fails an entire module, he/she is required to re-sit the assessments, either by re-submitting the assignment or by re-sitting the final exam. The form of the assessment will be decided according to the existing module guidelines and the decisions of the lecturer.

Suggested Coursebook:

Andrej Savi, EU Internet Law, Edward Elgar (last ed.) (paperback edition).

For each lecture, you will also find a list of recommended readings in order to deepen your understanding of the topics discussed, enhance your critical thinking skills, and provide a broader perspective on the subject matter. These readings complement the coursebook and are selected to facilitate a more comprehensive and engaging learning experience.


Academic Year/course: 2023/24

8071 - Advanced Master in Legal Sciences

32059 - Advanced Analysis of Global and Comparative Law


Informació de la Guia Docent

Academic Course:
2023/24
Academic Center:
807 - Masters Centre of the Department of Law
Study:
8071 - Advanced Master in Legal Sciences
Subject:
32059 - Advanced Analysis of Global and Comparative Law
Credits:
4.0
Course:
1
Teaching languages:
Theory: Group 1: English
Teachers:
Nicola Lucchi
Teaching Period:
Second Quarter
Schedule:
Go to calendars and timetables

Presentation

The objective of this course is to examine how the scientific and technological revolution is reshaping the principles, conceptions, and values of the present legal order, hence having a dramatic impact on legal systems in general and on particular legal issues. In this context, the course will examine the interaction between science, technology, and law by analyzing the evolving character of the law in response to new issues in this field. By analyzing case studies, the purpose is to comprehend how these new events may be seen as aspects capable of affecting the structure of "traditional rights" or how they may just need a new lens through which to be viewed.

Associated skills

On completion of the course the students will be able to:

Skills and abilities
- explain the interplay between technological activities and regulatory rules.
- explain the legal challenges and the opportunities created by the development of new technologies
- analyze and address legal and ethical issues related to the development of scientific and technological innovations

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the students will be able to:

Knowledge and understanding
- explain the central and basic themes within the field of law & technology
- use relevant knowledge of applicable law in the technological context
- solve and evaluate tech-based issues where relevant law can be applied.

Judgement and approach
- Independently identify and analyze specific problems related to the development of scientific and technological innovations
- Independently evaluate and interpret relevant law issues connected with thech-innovations
- critically review relevant legal texts.
- independently and critically make assessments in the legal field.

Contents

Please note: all recommended reading materials will be readily accessible for download on the 'Aula Global' course page

 

SESSION 1:

Introduction to Law, Science and Technology

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Governing Innovation." Seminar-597. May 2009

Available at http://www.india-seminar.com/2009/597/597_sheila_jasanoff.htm

 

SESSION 2:

Regulating the Digital Environment

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Lawrence Lessig, The Law of the Horse: What Cyberlaw Might Teach, 113 Harv. L. Rev. 501, 509-10 (1999).

Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006) chapter 11 - Available at https://cyber.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Sentence-sliced_Text_Chapter_11

Andrej Savi , EU Internet Law, 3rd Edition, Edward Elgar (2020) (chapter 1)

 

SESSION 3:

Social media law: Digital copyright and user-generated content

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Nicola Lucchi, Countering the Unfair Play of DRM Technologies, 16 Tex. Intell. Prop. L.J. 91 (2007).

Daniel Gervais, The Tangled Web of UGC: Making Copyright Sense of User-Generated Content, 11 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 841 (2009)

Maria Lilla Montagnani, A New Interface Between Copyright Law and Technology: How User-Generated Content Will Shape the Future of Online Distribution, 26 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 719 (2009)

Andrej Savi , EU Internet Law, 3rd Edition, Edward Elgar (2020) (chapter 6)

G. Splinder, Copyright Law and Internet Intermediaries Liability, in EU Internet law in the digital era : regulation and enforcement / Tatiana-Eleni Synodinou et al eds. (2020)

 

SESSION 4:

Online contracts, Privacy, Consumer protection 

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Andrej Savi , EU Internet Law, 3rd Edition, Edward Elgar (2020) (chapter 2;7;8)

Michiel Rhoen: “Beyond Consent: Improving Data Protection Through Consumer Protection Law,” Internet Policy Review, volume 5, number 1, 2016 (available at https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/beyond-consent-improving-data-protection-through-consumer-protection-law)

Lena Ulbricht, “Big data: big power shifts?” Internet Policy Review, volume 5, number 1, 2016 (available at https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/big-data-big-power-shifts )

SESSION 5:

Legal implications of Algorithmic Creativity

Lecture

Suggested readings:

N. Lucchi, ChatGPT: A Case Study on Copyright Challenges for Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems, European Journal of Risk Regulation (2023)

Bonadio, Enrico & McDonagh, Luke, ‘Artificial Intelligence as Producer and Consumer of Copyright Works: Evaluating the Consequences of Algorithmic Creativity’ Intellectual Property Quarterly 2, 112-137 (2020)

Bonadio, Enrico et al., ‘Intellectual property aspects of robotics’ European Journal of Risk Regulation 9(4) 655–676 (2018)

Denicola, Robert C., Ex Machina: Copyright Protection for Computer-Generated Works, 69 Rutgers U. L. Rev. 251 (2016)

Guadamuz, Andres, Do Androids Dream of Electric Copyright? Comparative Analysis of Originality in Artificial Intelligence Generated Works (June 5, 2017). Intellectual Property Quarterly, 2017

Tim W. Dornis, AI Creativity: Emergent Works and the Void in Current Copyright Doctrine, 22 Yale J.L. & Tech. 1 (2020)

 

SESSION 6:

The EU General Data Protection Regulation

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Andrej Savi , EU Internet Law, 3rd Edition, Edward Elgar (2020) (chapter 8, §3)

Sahar Bhaimia, The General Data Protection Regulation: The Next Generation of EU Data Protection, 18 Legal Info. Mgmt. 21, 21 (2018).

Kimberly Houser & W. Gregory Voss, GDPR: The End of Google and Facebook or a New Paradigm in Data Privacy? 25 Rich. J. L. & Tech. 1, (2018)

Understanding the GDPR, 44 J. of Dev. in Soc. Serv., Policy & Leg. (2017)

 

SESSION 7:

Analysis and Discussion of a real case

Seminar/Assignment 1 

 

SESSION 8:

The Evolution of Creativity: Software, 3D Printing, NFTs, Virtual Reality etc (guest lecture: Prof. C. Sappa - IÉSEG School of Management)

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Andrés Guadamuz, The Treachery of Images: Non-fungible Tokens and Copyright, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (2021)

Marianna Ryan, Intellectual property considerations and challenges in the metaverse, E.I.P.R. 2023, 45(2), 80-84

Charles Cronin, Intellectual Property Implications of 3D Printing of Cultural Heritage (2021)

 

SESSION 9:

Learning, knowledge building, and subject matter definition for the final essay

Seminar/Assignment 2

Suggested readings:

How To Choose A Research Topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXvoKE6_wQo

 

SESSION 10:

Legal implications of Algorithmic Creativity

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Bonadio, Enrico & McDonagh, Luke, ‘Artificial Intelligence as Producer and Consumer of Copyright Works: Evaluating the Consequences of Algorithmic Creativity’ Intellectual Property Quarterly 2, 112-137 (2020).

Bonadio, Enrico et al., ‘Intellectual property aspects of robotics’ European Journal of Risk Regulation 9(4) 655–676 (2018).

Denicola, Robert C., Ex Machina: Copyright Protection for Computer-Generated Works, 69 Rutgers U. L. Rev. 251 (2016); 

Guadamuz, Andres, Do Androids Dream of Electric Copyright? Comparative Analysis of Originality in Artificial Intelligence Generated Works (June 5, 2017). Intellectual Property Quarterly, 2017 (2). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2981304

SESSION 11:

Balancing Innovation and Access: The World of Standard Essential Patents in Technology (guest lecture - Prof. E. Bonadio, City Law School London)

Lecture

Suggested readings:

E. Bonadio & N. Lucchi, Antisuit Injunctions in SEP Disputes and the Recent EU's WTO/TRIPS Case against China, The Journal of World Intellectual Property, 2023; 1-13

Luke McDonagh & E. Bonadio, Standard Essential Patents and the Internet of Things, EU Commission report (2019) Fitxer

Justus Baron et al, Essential patents and standard dynamics, 45 Research Policy 1762 (2016)

 

SESSION 12:

Assignment on Digital Contracts and Data Protection

Seminar/Assignment 3

 

SESSION 13:

Questions & Answers session

 

 

Sustainable Development Goals

#Quality Education

#Gender Equality

#Collective participation in achieving Goals

 

Evaluation and grading system

The examination combines individual assignments and a final individual written exam. Assignments represent the 50% of the final course grade. The remaining 50% is represented by the written final exam. To pass the course you need to - in accordance with this course syllabus - pass the written exam on this course.

The following table provides an overview of all the relevant assignments, examinations and requirements to pass the course:

 

Examinations

 

Details

Points

 Required to pass

Seminar1+Assignment1

 

Individual or Group assignment 

20

Pass/Fail

Seminar2+Assignment2

 

Individual or Group assignment 

15

Pass/Fail

Seminar3+Assignment3

 

Individual or Group assignment 

15

Pass/Fail

Final Written Exam

Individual “take-home” written exam (essay type)

50

30

 

Total points

 

 

100

 

60

 

Final exam (Essay type): Students will be free to select one of the subjects discussed during the course (also a case or a court decision) doing some additional research in order to write down a final essay on the topic. Approaches used in writing the final essay may include, among others, a comparative law perspective, a descriptive or normative view of a particular issue, a case study, an historical or a sociological approach. 

 

Length of essays: approximately 4,000-5,000 words footnotes included (7-8 pages). If needed, students may write more pages, however it is recommended to provide only clear and concise thoughts avoiding unnecessary information.

These general guidelines are intended to be a guide rather than an absolute standard.

References and sources should be adequately cited through footnotes. A bibliography at the end of the paper listing the sources used in the development of the paper is considered appropriate.

If a student fails an entire module, he/she is required to re-sit the assessments, either by re-submitting the assignment or by re-sitting the final exam. The form of the assessment will be decided according to the existing module guidelines and the decisions of the lecturer.

Suggested Coursebook:

Andrej Savi, EU Internet Law, Edward Elgar (last ed.) (paperback edition).

For each lecture, you will also find a list of recommended readings in order to deepen your understanding of the topics discussed, enhance your critical thinking skills, and provide a broader perspective on the subject matter. These readings complement the coursebook and are selected to facilitate a more comprehensive and engaging learning experience.


Academic Year/course: 2023/24

8071 - Advanced Master in Legal Sciences

32059 - Advanced Analysis of Global and Comparative Law


Información de la Guía Docente

Academic Course:
2023/24
Academic Center:
807 - Masters Centre of the Department of Law
Study:
8071 - Advanced Master in Legal Sciences
Subject:
32059 - Advanced Analysis of Global and Comparative Law
Credits:
4.0
Course:
1
Teaching languages:
Theory: Group 1: English
Teachers:
Nicola Lucchi
Teaching Period:
Second Quarter
Schedule:
Go to calendars and timetables

Presentation

The objective of this course is to examine how the scientific and technological revolution is reshaping the principles, conceptions, and values of the present legal order, hence having a dramatic impact on legal systems in general and on particular legal issues. In this context, the course will examine the interaction between science, technology, and law by analyzing the evolving character of the law in response to new issues in this field. By analyzing case studies, the purpose is to comprehend how these new events may be seen as aspects capable of affecting the structure of "traditional rights" or how they may just need a new lens through which to be viewed.

Associated skills

On completion of the course the students will be able to:

Skills and abilities
- explain the interplay between technological activities and regulatory rules.
- explain the legal challenges and the opportunities created by the development of new technologies
- analyze and address legal and ethical issues related to the development of scientific and technological innovations

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the students will be able to:

Knowledge and understanding
- explain the central and basic themes within the field of law & technology
- use relevant knowledge of applicable law in the technological context
- solve and evaluate tech-based issues where relevant law can be applied.

Judgement and approach
- Independently identify and analyze specific problems related to the development of scientific and technological innovations
- Independently evaluate and interpret relevant law issues connected with thech-innovations
- critically review relevant legal texts.
- independently and critically make assessments in the legal field.

Contents

Please note: all recommended reading materials will be readily accessible for download on the 'Aula Global' course page

 

SESSION 1:

Introduction to Law, Science and Technology

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Governing Innovation." Seminar-597. May 2009

Available at http://www.india-seminar.com/2009/597/597_sheila_jasanoff.htm

 

SESSION 2:

Regulating the Digital Environment

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Lawrence Lessig, The Law of the Horse: What Cyberlaw Might Teach, 113 Harv. L. Rev. 501, 509-10 (1999).

Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006) chapter 11 - Available at https://cyber.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Sentence-sliced_Text_Chapter_11

Andrej Savi , EU Internet Law, 3rd Edition, Edward Elgar (2020) (chapter 1)

 

SESSION 3:

Social media law: Digital copyright and user-generated content

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Nicola Lucchi, Countering the Unfair Play of DRM Technologies, 16 Tex. Intell. Prop. L.J. 91 (2007).

Daniel Gervais, The Tangled Web of UGC: Making Copyright Sense of User-Generated Content, 11 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 841 (2009)

Maria Lilla Montagnani, A New Interface Between Copyright Law and Technology: How User-Generated Content Will Shape the Future of Online Distribution, 26 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 719 (2009)

Andrej Savi , EU Internet Law, 3rd Edition, Edward Elgar (2020) (chapter 6)

G. Splinder, Copyright Law and Internet Intermediaries Liability, in EU Internet law in the digital era : regulation and enforcement / Tatiana-Eleni Synodinou et al eds. (2020)

 

SESSION 4:

Online contracts, Privacy, Consumer protection 

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Andrej Savi , EU Internet Law, 3rd Edition, Edward Elgar (2020) (chapter 2;7;8)

Michiel Rhoen: “Beyond Consent: Improving Data Protection Through Consumer Protection Law,” Internet Policy Review, volume 5, number 1, 2016 (available at https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/beyond-consent-improving-data-protection-through-consumer-protection-law)

Lena Ulbricht, “Big data: big power shifts?” Internet Policy Review, volume 5, number 1, 2016 (available at https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/big-data-big-power-shifts )

SESSION 5:

Legal implications of Algorithmic Creativity

Lecture

Suggested readings:

N. Lucchi, ChatGPT: A Case Study on Copyright Challenges for Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems, European Journal of Risk Regulation (2023)

Bonadio, Enrico & McDonagh, Luke, ‘Artificial Intelligence as Producer and Consumer of Copyright Works: Evaluating the Consequences of Algorithmic Creativity’ Intellectual Property Quarterly 2, 112-137 (2020)

Bonadio, Enrico et al., ‘Intellectual property aspects of robotics’ European Journal of Risk Regulation 9(4) 655–676 (2018)

Denicola, Robert C., Ex Machina: Copyright Protection for Computer-Generated Works, 69 Rutgers U. L. Rev. 251 (2016)

Guadamuz, Andres, Do Androids Dream of Electric Copyright? Comparative Analysis of Originality in Artificial Intelligence Generated Works (June 5, 2017). Intellectual Property Quarterly, 2017

Tim W. Dornis, AI Creativity: Emergent Works and the Void in Current Copyright Doctrine, 22 Yale J.L. & Tech. 1 (2020)

 

SESSION 6:

The EU General Data Protection Regulation

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Andrej Savi , EU Internet Law, 3rd Edition, Edward Elgar (2020) (chapter 8, §3)

Sahar Bhaimia, The General Data Protection Regulation: The Next Generation of EU Data Protection, 18 Legal Info. Mgmt. 21, 21 (2018).

Kimberly Houser & W. Gregory Voss, GDPR: The End of Google and Facebook or a New Paradigm in Data Privacy? 25 Rich. J. L. & Tech. 1, (2018)

Understanding the GDPR, 44 J. of Dev. in Soc. Serv., Policy & Leg. (2017)

 

SESSION 7:

Analysis and Discussion of a real case

Seminar/Assignment 1 

 

SESSION 8:

The Evolution of Creativity: Software, 3D Printing, NFTs, Virtual Reality etc (guest lecture: Prof. C. Sappa - IÉSEG School of Management)

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Andrés Guadamuz, The Treachery of Images: Non-fungible Tokens and Copyright, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (2021)

Marianna Ryan, Intellectual property considerations and challenges in the metaverse, E.I.P.R. 2023, 45(2), 80-84

Charles Cronin, Intellectual Property Implications of 3D Printing of Cultural Heritage (2021)

 

SESSION 9:

Learning, knowledge building, and subject matter definition for the final essay

Seminar/Assignment 2

Suggested readings:

How To Choose A Research Topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXvoKE6_wQo

 

SESSION 10:

Legal implications of Algorithmic Creativity

Lecture

Suggested readings:

Bonadio, Enrico & McDonagh, Luke, ‘Artificial Intelligence as Producer and Consumer of Copyright Works: Evaluating the Consequences of Algorithmic Creativity’ Intellectual Property Quarterly 2, 112-137 (2020).

Bonadio, Enrico et al., ‘Intellectual property aspects of robotics’ European Journal of Risk Regulation 9(4) 655–676 (2018).

Denicola, Robert C., Ex Machina: Copyright Protection for Computer-Generated Works, 69 Rutgers U. L. Rev. 251 (2016); 

Guadamuz, Andres, Do Androids Dream of Electric Copyright? Comparative Analysis of Originality in Artificial Intelligence Generated Works (June 5, 2017). Intellectual Property Quarterly, 2017 (2). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2981304

SESSION 11:

Balancing Innovation and Access: The World of Standard Essential Patents in Technology (guest lecture - Prof. E. Bonadio, City Law School London)

Lecture

Suggested readings:

E. Bonadio & N. Lucchi, Antisuit Injunctions in SEP Disputes and the Recent EU's WTO/TRIPS Case against China, The Journal of World Intellectual Property, 2023; 1-13

Luke McDonagh & E. Bonadio, Standard Essential Patents and the Internet of Things, EU Commission report (2019) Fitxer

Justus Baron et al, Essential patents and standard dynamics, 45 Research Policy 1762 (2016)

 

SESSION 12:

Assignment on Digital Contracts and Data Protection

Seminar/Assignment 3

 

SESSION 13:

Questions & Answers session

 

 

Sustainable Development Goals

#Quality Education

#Gender Equality

#Collective participation in achieving Goals

 

Evaluation and grading system

The examination combines individual assignments and a final individual written exam. Assignments represent the 50% of the final course grade. The remaining 50% is represented by the written final exam. To pass the course you need to - in accordance with this course syllabus - pass the written exam on this course.

The following table provides an overview of all the relevant assignments, examinations and requirements to pass the course:

 

Examinations

 

Details

Points

 Required to pass

Seminar1+Assignment1

 

Individual or Group assignment 

20

Pass/Fail

Seminar2+Assignment2

 

Individual or Group assignment 

15

Pass/Fail

Seminar3+Assignment3

 

Individual or Group assignment 

15

Pass/Fail

Final Written Exam

Individual “take-home” written exam (essay type)

50

30

 

Total points

 

 

100

 

60

 

Final exam (Essay type): Students will be free to select one of the subjects discussed during the course (also a case or a court decision) doing some additional research in order to write down a final essay on the topic. Approaches used in writing the final essay may include, among others, a comparative law perspective, a descriptive or normative view of a particular issue, a case study, an historical or a sociological approach. 

 

Length of essays: approximately 4,000-5,000 words footnotes included (7-8 pages). If needed, students may write more pages, however it is recommended to provide only clear and concise thoughts avoiding unnecessary information.

These general guidelines are intended to be a guide rather than an absolute standard.

References and sources should be adequately cited through footnotes. A bibliography at the end of the paper listing the sources used in the development of the paper is considered appropriate.

If a student fails an entire module, he/she is required to re-sit the assessments, either by re-submitting the assignment or by re-sitting the final exam. The form of the assessment will be decided according to the existing module guidelines and the decisions of the lecturer.

Suggested Coursebook:

Andrej Savi, EU Internet Law, Edward Elgar (last ed.) (paperback edition).

For each lecture, you will also find a list of recommended readings in order to deepen your understanding of the topics discussed, enhance your critical thinking skills, and provide a broader perspective on the subject matter. These readings complement the coursebook and are selected to facilitate a more comprehensive and engaging learning experience.