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This course (5 ECTS) offered by the University of Vaasa's Department of Business Law explores critical legal issues in electronic commerce. Topics include electronic contracts, immaterial law, consumer rights protection, personal data safety, liabilities, taxation, and applicable law choices. Students will engage in virtual lectures, discussions, and produce analytical comments and essays based on course materials. The course emphasizes active participation and is part of the TIEVIE program aimed at enhancing virtual teaching methods.
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LAW & ICT VIRTUAL CAMPUS University of Vaasa Department of Business Law
Personel involved • Personel of the Department of Business Law • Head of the Department, Professor, LL.D Asko Lehtonen • Management of the participation of University of Vaasa • WP1, WP6, WP7, WP8 • Professor, LL.D., PhD. (Econ. & Bus.Adm.) Vesa Annola • WP1, WP6, WP7, WP8 • Lecturer, PhD (Econ. & Bus. Adm.) Brita Herler • WP1, WP3, WP4, WP5 • Lecturer, Lic.Sc (Econ. & Bus.Adm.) Mika Kärkkäinen • WP1, WP2, WP3, WP4,WP5 • Lecturer, Lic.Sc (Econ. & Bus.Adm.), LL.M. Pekka Vainio • WP1, WP3, WP5 • Researcher, Lic.Sc. (Econ. & Bus.Adm.) Sari Hakapää • WP6, WP7, WP8 • Assistant, M.Sc. (Econ. & Bus.Adm.) Minna Kaasalainen • WP1, WP6, WP7, WP8
Legal Aspects of Electronic Business (5 ECTS) • Teacher: Mika Kärkkäinen • The legal problems of the electronic commerce: • 1) Electronic contracts in consumer trade and in business-to-business trade, • 2) questions regarding the immaterial law, • protection of the intellectual property rights of • digital products and trademarks, • brands, • commercial names and • domain names, • 3) the protection of the consumer rights, • 4) the protection of personal data, • 5) liabilities, • 6) the taxation of the electronic commerce, • 7) the rules on the choice of applicable law.
Course consists of : • Material provided by the teacher (”virtual lectures”) • Material available in the internet • Studying methods: • Discussion • Active participation in the discussion about the topics of the course + the material • Minimum 2 analytical comments / student • Questionaire (10 questions covering different aspects of the course) • Written answers ( 1 page / question) on the questions provided by the teacher • Essays • 2 Written essays (5 – 10 pages each) about the key issues of the course • Essays are based on the literature given in the course + literature searched by the student
The course is planned in cooperation with Finnish Virtual University as a part of a TIEVIE-program • National Training Program for Virtual Teaching