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Congratulations to the Fall 2001 class for an excellent semester. eCommerce will return next year.

 

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color code: Dates Topics CP assignments

Week 1 Tuesday, August 28 Thursday, August 30

(a) Introduction to Electronic Commerce:
The Instant Messaging Affair
(b) Class Introduction & Administration
[ review the course web site ]

 eCommerce Business Models
no CPs assigned no CPs assigned
 
Week 2 Tuesday, September 4 Thursday, September 6
Technology for the Digital Lawyer I:
The Importance of History		 Technology for the Digital Lawyer II:
The Architecture of the Internet
Group 1 Group 2
 
Week 3 Tuesday, September 11 Thursday, September 13
Technology for the Digital Lawyer III:
Internet Infrastructure		 Personal Jurisdiction I:
Locating Web Sites

Group 3

 Group 4
 
Week 4 Tuesday, September 18 Thursday, September 20
Personal Jurisdiction II:
Transactions, Communications & Domain Names		 Personal Jurisdiction II:
Transactions, Communications & Domain Names
Group 5 n/a
 
Week 5 Tuesday, September 25 Thursday, September 27
Choice of Forum/Choice of Law in Cyberspace eContracts I:
The Evolution of Contract Formation
Group 6 Group 7
 
Week 6 Tuesday, October 2 Thursday, October 4
[ NO CLASS -- FLYBACK WEEK ]
 
Week 7 Tuesday, October 9 Thursday, October 11
eContracts II:
UCITA, etc. on Formation
[ Class Exercise 1 ]		 eContracts III:
Limits on Contractual Terms
Group 8 Group 9
 
Week 8 Tuesday, October 16 Thursday, October 18
eContracts IV:
Digital Signatures, Digital Enforcement		 Copyright in Cyberspace I:
Introduction
Group 10 Group 11
 
Week 9 Tuesday, October 23 Thursday, October 25
Copyright in Cyberspace II:
Napster and the New Era of Copyright		 Copyright in Cyberspace III:
The DMCA
Group 12 Group 1
 
Week 10 Tuesday, October 30 Wednesday, October 31 Thursday, November 1
Copyright in Cyberspace IV:
Gnutella and the Future of Content		 Digital Trademarks I:
Introduction - Federal Trademark Law		 Digital Trademarks II:
Metadata, Search Engines, and Trademarks
Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
 
Week 11 Tuesday, November 6 Thursday, November 8
Digital Trademarks III:
Shifting Approaches - ICANN & the ACPA		 New Property, New Violations?
The Law of Linking, Framing & 'Bots
[ Class Exercise 2 ]
Group 5 Group 6
 
Week 12 Tuesday, November 13 Thursday, November 15
Online Privacy I:
Introduction - Identity and eCommerce		 Online Privacy II:
Collective Regulation - Standards, Seal Programs & Statutes
Group 7 Group 8
 
Week 13 Tuesday, November 20 Thursday, November 22
Online Privacy III:
Individual Regulation - Technology and the Marketplace		 [ NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING ]
Group 9
 
Week 14 Tuesday, November 27 Thursday, November 29
eCommerce Competition I:
The Perils of New Commercial Technologies		 eCommerce Competition II:
The Standards Wars
Group 10 Group 11
 
Week 15 Tuesday, December 4 Thursday, December 6

eCommerce Competition III:
Considering Microsoft's .NET Strategy
[ Class Exercise 3 ]

 The Future of eCommerce
no CPs assigned Group 12

 

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