POL 3450 Tech Law: Law for the 21st Century
The rise of the Internet, wireless communications, and social media has dramatically altered how we live in the Digital Age. This course explores a wide variety of fast-breaking and cutting-edge legal tech issues, including but not limited to cyber risks and online liabilities, Information technology and intellectual property (patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets). Rights and responsibilities will be explored, as well as freedom of speech and privacy in the Digital Age with a focus on risks and liabilities encountered on the information highway. Students will learn how to navigate in the tech world personally and on behalf of businesses and they will become aware of potential danger spots and how to address them from a legal standpoint. (Law and Society Designated)