Cyber Law: Text & Cases 3rd Edition

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The third edition of CYBERLAW: TEXT & CASES, guides readers through the complete business life cycle-from idea to operation to dissolution-while examining the legal, managerial, and ethical issues affecting technology at each stage. Excerpted cases thoroughly explain the law in every chapter, while a running case about Google helps readers understand the real-world legal implications of operating a technology company today. Key Features Legal Coverage: Connect with students by relating topics to the high-tech world they were born into. Updated and refined, CYBERLAW: TEXT & CASES, International Edition provides in-depth coverage of ever-changing technology laws-including patents, trade secrets, and international cyber law-while security and crime-related topics have been streamlined to make room for more current issues. NEW Chapter 2: Innovations and Inventions: Spark student curiosity with a new chapter on business asset development. Business models created around new inventions and innovation can generate extreme outcomes, and this fascinating chapter with its carefully selected cases on business start-ups will show students why. NEW Chapter 3: Financing and Exit Strategies: Illustrate the technology companys typical life cycle from start-up to a change in control or even dissolution. This easy-to-understand chapter presents new material on financing and exit strategies from the strategic and legal perspectives, and introduces equity and other types of financing, forms of organization, roles of directors and officers, and more. NEW Chapter 10: Employment: Demonstrate the vital importance of human capital to technology companies with this new chapter on employment-related issues. In addition to retaining a highly skilled, mobile workforce, this chapter addresses executive compensation, non-disclosure, and stock options, as well as foreign employees (under visa programs), sub-contractors, unpaid interns, and other special status workers. NEW Running Google Case: Address fourteen technology-related legal matters with a single, thought-provoking case-which spans the entire text! Each chapter details a separate legal issue and how Google dealt with it to their advantage or otherwise. Students will see how a law can affect a single company in multiple ways, and develop a deeper understanding of the complexities of cyber law. Case Analysis and Interpretation: Help students develop analytical skills with excerpts from actual legal cases in each chapter. Written in the language of the Court, these cases demonstrate how the laws impact real businesses, along with the logic applied in the rulings. At the end of each case, students enhance their understanding of the material with questions on business strategy, legal environment, or ethics. Ethical Considerations of Business: Mold students into informed leaders who evaluate opportunities from multiple viewpoints! The goals of stockholders and stakeholders are frequently at odds in the business world, which is why CYBERLAW: TEXT & CASES, challenges students with important ethical considerations in every chapter. In-chapter cases and end-of-chapter questions allow students more practice at this critical skill, and help them assess the issues with an open mind. Managers Checklist: Develop students into more perceptive business managers with this helpful section,which offers methods for spotting important issues and complying with complex technology laws, while avoiding common pitfalls. Critical Thinking Skills: Prepare students for the working world with policy questions and case problems that test their ability to act effectively in difficult situations. Carefully selected to provide a cross-section of issues, these end-of chapter assignments let students practice and develop the critical thinking skills that hiring managers look for. Table of Contents PART I: INTRODUCTION TO CYBERLAW. 1. Introduction to CyberLaw for Business: Text and Cases. 2. Innovations and Inventions. 3. Financing and Exit Strategies. PART II: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES IN CYBERSPACE. 4. Trademarks. 5. Copyright. 6. Patents. 7. Trade Secrets. PART III: BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ISSUES IN CYBERSPACE. 8. Jurisdiction. 9. Contracts. 10. Employment. 11. Regulation. PART IV: SPECIAL ISSUES IN CYBERSPACE. 12. Privacy. 13. Security and Crime. 14. International CyberLaw.