CS 4984: Introduction to Computer Law

Instructor: Ross Dannenberg

rdannenberg@bannerwitcoff.com, tel. (202) 824!"#!
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Syllabus
*ac$ to%ic corres%onds a%%ro+imatel, to " class $our. -o%ics "!"# are o%tional, de%ending on $ow .uic/l, we
mo'e t$roug$ t$e first "2 to%ics.
-o%ic " 0 Introduction to t$e stud, of law and t$e 1merican 2udicial s,stem
-o%ic 2 0 3eginning Intellectual 4ro%ert,
-o%ic ! 0 5o%,rig$ts I
-o%ic 4 0 5o%,rig$ts II
-o%ic # 0 4atents I
-o%ic 6 0 4atents II
-o%ic 7 0 -rademar/s
-o%ic 8 0 -rade 8ecrets&9isa%%ro%riation
-o%ic ) 0 Internet I
-o%ic "0 0 Internet II
-o%ic "" 0 :%en 8ource 8oftware
-o%ic "2 0 5om%uter 5rimes
-o%ic "! 0 Intro to 3usiness ;ormation
-o%ic "4 0 *m%lo,ment Issues
-o%ic "# 0 5ontract 3asics
-o%ic "6 0 Re'iew
Text
:%tional: 4. 9aggs, <.8oma, and <. 8%rowl, Internet and Computer Law, =est >rou%, 200". -$e te+t is a'ailable at
1ma?on.com or an, ot$er Internet legal te+tboo/ %ro'ider.
Office Hours
9onda,s on w$ic$ we $a'e class, "0:00 a.m. 0 "":00 a.m., location -3D. I am also a'ailable 'ia email at
rdannenberg@bannerwitcoff.com. 4lease %ut @584)84A in t$e sub2ect line of t$e email.
Student !aluation
-$e course is a "$our letter grade class. >rades will be based on at least 4 assignments t$roug$out t$e semester,
class attendance, class %artici%ation, and a final e+am. I reser'e t$e rig$t to assign more or less t$an four
assignments. 8tudents ma, o%t to %erform e+tra assignments t$roug$out t$e semester in lieu of ta/ing t$e final
e+am.
"isclaimer
-$is class s$ould not be relied u%on as legal ad'ice for an, s%ecific situation, but rat$er ser'es to instruct students to
recogni?e w$en to see/ legal ad'ice regarding 'arious situations and to%ics. This class does not and is not intended
to create an attorney-client relationship with anyone. -$at $a'ing been said, I $o%e (and e+%ect) t$at after
graduation ,ou eac$ become a %roducti'e creator of intellectual %ro%ert,. 1s suc$, u%on successful com%letion of
t$is course, ,ou eac$ get one BfreeC call to me for legal ad'ice. 1fter t$at, weAll discuss m, $ourl, rateD
E%dated 1ugust "8, 200!