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  • You?ll learn to identify the legal risks involved in cloud computing transactions - and to suggest possible solutions
  • To understand how cloud computing works, we?ll first describe different kinds of cloud services and explain how they differ from in-house IT in terms of control, access, and cybersecurity
  • To understand how the law applies to cloud computing transactions, we?ll focus on the contracts between cloud providers and their customers
  • You?ll learn to identify and interpret key contract terms and to assess whether customers might negotiate better terms with providers
  • Finally, we?ll explain how English law protects trade secrets and copyright works stored in the cloud

Cloud Computing Law: Transactions
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Curriculum

Understanding Cloud Computing

Welcome to Cloud Computing Law

What will we cover this week?

What is cloud computing anyway?

What's so great about cloud computing?

Where are cloud data stored?

How does cloud scalability work?

What are the different cloud service types?

What are the different cloud deployment models?

What is cloud layering?

Is cloud computing secure?

How do you manage cybersecurity in the cloud?

Do service types and deployment models matter for security?

Introducing: Christopher and Dave

What is the Cloud Legal Project?

The NIST Definition of Cloud

Defining cloud service types

Defining cloud deployment models

Cloud market shares

Cloud Technologies and Services

Control, security, and risk

A message from your instructors

Cloud Technology

Cloud Security

Case Study

Standard Cloud Contracts

Welcome to cloud contracts!

What is a contract and how is it formed?

How are cloud contracts formed?

Can you choose the applicable law?

Who are the contracting parties to cloud contracts?

Do cloud contracts contain choice of law clauses?

Can you choose forum / arbitration?

Do cloud contracts contain choice of forum clauses?

Which remedies are available for breach of contract?

What are cloud providers' duties under contract?

What do cloud contracts say about remedies?

Can you limit liability under English law?

Can a provider terminate your account?

How did we survey cloud contracts?

Standard contracts for cloud services

Breaches and remedies in cloud contracts

Termination, variation, and IP in cloud contracts

Formation, choice of law, and choice of forum

Remedies for breach of contract

Case Study

Negotiated Cloud Contracts

Welcome to cloud contract negotiations

Will cloud providers negotiate?

Which terms do customers negotiate?

Do cloud negotiations differ from outsourcing / software licenses?

Can you negotiate liability terms?

Can you negotiate clauses related to security?

Can you negotiate audit rights?

Can you negotiate terms related to data location?

Do regulations impact cloud negotiations?

How did we research cloud contract negotiations?

Negotiating contracts for cloud services

Negotiating liability and service levels

Negotiating security-related terms

Negotiating terms to comply with regulations

Changes over time

Negotiating liability terms

Negotiating security and data location terms

Case Study

Intellectual Property in the Cloud

Welcome to IP in the Cloud!

Can you own digital information?

Who are the relevant players?

How can digital information be controlled?

Control: Who has it and what are the types?

How do cloud ToS deal with IP licenses?

Is copyright the most relevant IP right?

How does copyright enable legal control?

What are trade secrets?

Which types of information do customers generate?

Which types of information do providers generate?

Concluding Remarks

Introducing: Chris Reed

What is ownership?

Ownership rights in information

Copyright, control, and Martin v Kogan

Information flows in the cloud

Data sharing and data trusts

Congratulations from your instructors

Ownership, players, and control

Copyright and trade secrets

Types of information

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    May 25, 2024
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