Special questions of economic law

Teacher(s)

Strowel Alain; Wauthy Xavier;

Language

French

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

Mobilize legal (especially intellectual property law) and economic (especially industrial economics) tools to offer an interdisciplinary analysis of recent developments in the digital industries.

Content

The unifying theme of the course is the concept of “information good”. The course offers an analysis of digital markets for products (software, database,…) and services (social networks, digital platforms,…). It consists of three parts:
A: Introduction to Intellectual property from the point of view of Law and Economics
B: Protection of software through copyright and patents, open source models
C: Internet, social networks and collaborative platforms.
For the academic year 2024-2025 the course will bre mainly focused on economic issues

Teaching methods

The course is organized around a serie of themes for whom a detailed calendar will be provided in the beginning of the semester. Teaching methods will depend on the number of students registered to the course but in all cases prior readings will be required

Evaluation methods

In 2024-2025, the evalaution will take the form of a written exam with a serie of shortt closed qiestinos and a short open question - essay.

Bibliography

Pour les aspects juridiques, les ouvrages suivants peuvent être utilisés (en partie disponibles sur le site du cours):
- Propriété intellectuelle. Géopolitique et mondialisation, CNRS éd., 2013
- N. Binctin, Stratégie d’entreprise et propriété intellectuelle, LGDJ, 2015
- S. Dusollier et A. de Francquen, Manuel de droits intellectuels, Anthemis, 2015
En ce qui concerne les aspects économiques, plusieurs documents de référence sont proposés aux étudiants. Ces lectures fournissent un cadre auquel les étudiants doivent se référer dans leur travail :
- F. Lévêque & Y. Menière, Economie de la propriété intellectuelle, La Découverte, 2003 ; la version anglaise The Economics of Patent and Copyright est sur le site du cours.
- J. Tirole, Défaillances de marchés et politiques publiques, Conférence Nobel, 2014 (sur https://www.tsefr.eu/sites/default/files/TSE/documents/doc/by/tirole/nobel_lecture_fr_30_mars_2015_partenaires_idei.pdf )

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