Legal Aspects of Information Systems credit: 3 or

4 Hours

This course is intended to introduce students to principles, fundamental ideas, and cases in the Legal Aspects of Information Systems, with an emphasis on Intellectual Property Law and using scholarship as an exemplar information system, which is considered broadly. This course will be conducted in a seminar format and survey the literature and case law including copyright and open licensing, patents, and trademark law. We will discuss recent policy changes and their impact on the Intellectual Property rights. Where appropriate we will compare American jurisprudence to international Intellectual Property Law. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours.