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