Law in Marketing (in English)
- Credits: 4
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 4C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 1
- Faculty of Commerce
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
After completing the course, the student has practical legal information in the field of marketing management, marketing communication, product management, public relations, IT and trade.
Knowledge:
In a broader context, the student understands more complex legal institutes that relate to marketing and business activities in general, especially in the following areas:
- marketing management and marketing communication,
- product management,
- public relations,
- IT technologies in marketing and
- trade.
Practical Skills:
The student understands that the regulation of marketing and business activities is subject to legal regulation, both private law and public law. He/she understands the latest trends in legal regulation and knows how to follow them (European regulation). In a broader context, he/she understands the complexity of the legal regulation of selected marketing and business activities (e.g. online marketing includes aspects of licensing agreements, personal data protection, intellectual property protection, but also the regulation of infrastructure and media). He/she can write a simple contract and identify its essentials.
Competencies:
The student will gain the ability to work with applicable legislation governing marketing and business activities. The student is also able to work with databases of European legislative acts (https://eur-lex.europa.eu) and Slovak legislation (www.slov-lex.sk), can find the relevant legislation concerning the regulation of marketing and business activities and can read it with the knowledge of basic legal concepts and institutes.
Indicative content
- intellectual property law
- media law (Act on advertising, Act on audiovision, Act on Broadcasting and Retransmission, Press act etc.),
- protection of personal rights,
- protection of personal Data (GDPR)
- unfair competition
- legal regulation of e-commerce and IT,
- retail sales legislation,
- distribution and logistics regulation,
- legal regulation of the market introduction of products,
- legal regulation of pricing,
- basic contract types used in the field of marketing consulting and communication, public relations and trade
Support literature
1. WINKLER, Martin a kol. Basics of Law. Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo Ekonóm, 2020. 290 s. ISBN 978-80-225-4781-9.
2. AQUINO, Robert David. Introduction to Law. Quezon City: CentralBooks, 2020. 526 s. ISBN 978-621-02-1105-4.
3. GERSEN, Jacob – STECKEL, Joel. The Cambridge Handbook of Marketing and the Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. 500 s. ISBN 978-11-0847-001-8.
4. GOLDMAN, Eric – TUSHNET, Rebecca. Advertising and Marketing Law: Cases & Materials. California: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2020. 813 s. ISBN 979-86-7144-551-0.
5. JORDAN, Paul – BUTCHER, Andrew. International Advertising Law: A Practical Global Guide. Woking: Globe Law & Business Ltd., 2021. 640 s. ISBN 978-17-8742-390-9.
6. LEŠKA, Rudolf. Managing Copyright: Emerging Business Models in the Individual and Collective Management of Rights. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2023. 288 s. ISBN 978-80-7676-521-4.
Syllabus
1. The concept, subject and sources of Law in marketing 2. Protection of intellectual property (copyright and rights related to copyright) 3. Protection of intellectual property (industrial rights – designs, trademarks) 4. Media law (Act on advertising, Act on audiovision, Act on Broadcasting and Retransmission, Press Act etc.), 5. Protection of personal rights, personal data protection in marketing communication and in the online marketing 6. Legal regulation of unfair competition 7. Legal regulation of e-commerce and electronic communications 8. Legal regulation of retail sales, provision of services and pricing 9. Legal regulation of distribution, logistics and market introduction of products 1 10. Legal regulation of distribution, logistics and market introduction of products 2 11. Legal regulation of environmental aspects of products and circular economy 12. Contract types used in trade and marketing 1 13. Contract types used in trade and marketing 2
Requirements to complete the course
10 % active participations in seminars
10 % project presentation (presentation of semestral theses)
20 % semestral written test
60 % final written test
Student workload
Study load: 104
Participation in seminars: 13
Preparation for seminars: 13
Preparation for project presentation (presentation of semestral theses): 19
Preparation for semestral written test: 19
Preparation for final written test: 40
Language whose command is required to complete the course
English
Date of approval: 06.03.2024
Date of the latest change: 03.03.2024