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Agreements in the IT Industry

ВБ.1.1.

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2021/2022

1 Semester

4

Tasks of the discipline are aimed at the formation of the following competencies: to know the principles of the legal regulation of relations in the field of information technologies, the use of intellectual and creative activities results; a mechanism of intellectual property law; grounds for acquiring legal protection by objects of intellectual property law; to be able to: develop agreements in the field of information technology.

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Prerequisites for mastering the discipline: 1. To know the main aspects of the formation and development of legal institutions; general principles of legal enforcement of the protection of creative activity results, acts of the legislation governing the relations of participants in the field of information technology. 2. To be able to evaluate and determine the role of agreements in the field of information technology. 3. To have basic skills in drafting contracts, considering the peculiarities of the practical situation and to resolve disputes arising in the field of information technology with the help of legal methods.

The "Agreements in the IT industry" discipline is a part of the specialists’ professional training cycle of the educational level "Master" in "Law", of the "Intellectual Property" educational program at the Education and Research Law School of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The main components of the discipline are the formation of competencies aimed at demonstrating knowledge of scientific approaches, basics of methodology and methods of research on the problems of disposition of intellectual property rights; the ability to assess and analyze legal problems and practical legal situations in the field of intellectual property rights disposition, conclusion and execution of contracts in the IT industry; the ability to study further with a high level of autonomy.

1. Zhilinkova O. V. Contractual regulation of relations concerning intellectual property in Ukraine and abroad : Monograph. K. : Yurinkom Inter, 2015. 280 p. 2. Davydova N. Civil law regulation of information relations SaaS (Software as a Service). Entrepreneurship, economy and law. 2021. No 6. P. 16–22. 3. Dmitrishin V. S. Disposal of intellectual property rights in Ukraine : Textbook for students of higher education institutions. К. : State. inst. intel. prop., 2008. 248 p. 4. Fundamentals of intellectual property : Textbook / O. P. Orliuk (supervising author), A. O. Kodynets, Yu. V. Nosik, et al. ; ed. O. P. Orliuk. K. : Interservice, 2016. 382 p. 5. IT LAW / Yavorska L. S., Tarasenko L. L., Martyn V. M., Samagalska Yu. Ya. et al. ; ed. Yavorska O. S. Lviv : Levada Publishing House, 2017. 470 p.

The study of the discipline includes lectures, seminars; polls (express survey)/testing/essay (reference paper) on the proposed topic; module tests; self-study, individual assignments; credit (exam).

Types of ongoing performance evaluation include: express survey, report, scientific paper, testing (multiple choice tests), case solving (tasks), module test (final test). Things to be assessed in the process of ongoing performance evaluation are: the level of knowledge demonstrated by the student during seminars, the level of activity in discussing the issues of the seminar, systematic work in the classroom, self-study and individual assignments results. The discipline is taught in two semesters. 10 days before the beginning of the session, the teacher conducting the seminars no longer accepts missing assignments. Students who have not scored the minimum threshold level of assessment are given a final test.

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