Information Technology Law

COURSE MATERIALS : PRINTED AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

VII. OTHER INTERNET ISSUES

Electronic Materials

1. Introductory Material
   • Donald M. Cameron, Tom S. Onyshko & W. David Castell, "Law of the Internet" (Smith Lyons, 1997).

    

2. Canadian Government Publications
   • Canada, Information Highway Advisory Council, Connection Community Content: The Challenge of the Information Highway: Final Report (Ottawa: Information Highway Secretariat, 1995) (Strategis-Industry Canada website, 1995).
   • Michel Racicot et al, The Cyberspace is not a "No Law" Land - A Study of the Issues of Liability for Content Circulating on the Internet (Ottawa: Industry Canada, 1997) (Strategis-Industry Canada website, 1997).

   
   

3. United States Government Publication
   • Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights, Information Infrastructure Task Force, Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure (Washington, D.C.: Information Infrastructure Task Force, September 1995) (also known as the "Lehman report") (United States Patent and Trademark Office website, 1995).

   
   

4. European Council Publication
   • European Council, " Council Directive of 14 May 1991 on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs" The Official Journal of the European Communities no. L 122, 17/05/91 at 42 (European Commission Legal Advisory Board for the Information Market website, 1996).

   
   

5. Articles
   • B.A. Slutsky, "Jurisdiction over Commerce on the Internet" (1996) (King & Spalding website, 1997).
   • Stephen D. Jones, "Internet Use and Personal Jurisdiction: Have Mouse, Will Travel?" (paper presented to Ohio State Bar Association Annual Convention Computer Law Committee Seminar, 5 June 1997) (Roetzel & Andress website, 1997).
   • John Perry Barlow, " The Economy of Ideas: A Framework for Rethinking Patents and Copyright in a Digital Age" (March 1994) Wired 85 (Wired website, 1994).

Coursebook Materials

• Robert M. Frank, "Cybernames: Domain Name Issues and Conflicts in Cyberspace" (1996) 12 Canadian Intellectual Property Review 367.
• Glen A. Bloom and Thomas J. Denholm, "Research on the Internet: Is Access Copyright Infringement?" (1996) 12 Canadian Intellectual Property Review 337.

Additional References

• Raymond T. Nimmer, Patricia Ann Krauthaus, "Beyond the Internet: Settling the Electronic Frontier" (1994) 6 Stanford Law & Policy Review 25.
• Robert M. Kunstadt, "Fair Use of Legal Information on the Internet" (1996) 12 Canadian Intellectual Property Review 367.
• Mark B. Eisen, "Copyright and the World Wide Web" (1996) 12 Canadian Intellectual Property Review 405.
• Donald M. Cameron, Tom S. Onyshko and W. David Castell, "IP on the I-Way" (1997) 13 Canadian Intellectual Property Review 311.

VIII. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

Electronic Materials

• Donald M. Cameron (ed.) & W. David Castell, " Electronic Commerce and the Law" (1997).
• Revenue Canada's Report of the Ministry's Advisory Committee on Electronic Commerce (April 30, 1998)

Coursebook Materials

1. Introductory Material
   • Raymond T. Nimmer, "Electronic Contracting: Legal Issues" (1996) John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law: Selected Reprints 3.
   • Michael Erdle, "Legal Issues in Electronic Commerce" (1996) 12 Canadian Intellectual Property Review 251.

   
   International Model Law

   • Fraser Rowand, "Memorandum on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce" (Smith Lyons, 18 June 1997) [unpublished].
   • Richard Hill & Ian Walden, "The Draft UNCITRAL Model Law for Electronic Commerce: Issues and Solutions" (1986) 13:3 [March 1996] The Computer Lawyer 18.
   • UNCITRAL, Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its Twenty-Ninth session (28 May - 14 June 1996) General Assembly, Fifty-first Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/51/17) [excerpt], UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Additional References

• "Electronic Commerce and the Role of the WTO"; World Trade Orgnization, March 1998.
• "A Survey of Electronic Commerce" (May 10, 1997) The Economist 2.
• UNCITRAL, "General Information" (New York: United Nations Publications, 1997).
• E. Allan Farnsworth, "UNCITRAL - Why? What? How? When?" (1972) 20 The American Journal of Comparative Law 314.

COURSE MATERIALS: PRECEDENT AGREEMENTS

I - EMPLOYEE AGREEMENTS

1. Employment Agreement

2. Assignment of Copyright

II - SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS

3. Development Agreement

4. Beta Testing Agreement

III - USER LICENSING

5. Sample Licensing Clauses

6. User Licence

7. Shrinkwrap User Licence

8. Evaluation Licence

IV - DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

9. Sublicence and Distribution Agreement

V - SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT

10. Technology Management, Maintenance and Support Agreement

VI - OTHER BUSINESS AGREEMENTS

11. Proprietary Information Disclosure Agreement

12. Teaming Agreement

13. Escrow Agreement

14. Business Continuity Services Agreement

15. Home Page Hosting Agreement

16. EDI Model Agreement (EDI Council of Canada)

IV - STRUCTURE, FINANCING AND TAXATION

17. Term Sheet

18. Offering Memorandum

19. Offering Memorandum -- Continuous Offering

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