Information Technology Law - TABL3771

Faculty: UNSW Business School

School: School of Taxation and Business Law

Course Outline: TABL3771 Course Outline

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: LEGT1710 or TABL1710 or 12 UOC offered by the ASB. Excluded: TABL3781

Excluded: JURD7344, LAWS8044, LEGT2771, TABL5521, LEGT5421

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course examines a range of laws governing information technology. The topics examined include e-commerce contract formation issues including the unfair contract term provisions of the Australian Consumer Law; specific aspects of tortuous liability; data protection and privacy; intellectual property law - patents, copyright (in relation to protection of software) and trademarks (in respect to protection of domain names); licensing; internet content regulation and current issues.