Description
Book SynopsisThis edited volume explores the EU legal framework governing digital productions. Looking specifically at smart products it sets out the impact of the Product Liability Directive. It goes on to discuss the Update Obligation relating to smart products and the wider consumer law issues at play. With expertise from leading academics and practitioners, this book brings welcome clarification to and expert explanation of a fast-moving field of consumer law.
Table of ContentsAn Introduction ‘Smart Products’ – A Focal Point for Legal Developments in the Digital Economy
Sebastian Lohsse, Reiner Schulze & Dirk Staudenmayer The Update Obligation for smart products Digital obligations of sellers of smart devices under the Sale of Goods Directive 771/2019
Hans Schulte-Nölke The Update Obligation – how to make it work in the relationship between seller, producer, digital content or service provider and consumer
Christiane Wendehorst The Update Obligation for Smart Products – Time Period for the Update Obligation and Failure to Install the Update
André Janssen Modifications of digital content/services and digital elements in smart products Modifications of digital content or services and of digital elements in smart products – Possible application problems
Karin Sein Modifications of digital content/services and digital elements in smart products – how to design the contracts
Isabell Conrad & Alin Seegel Non-contractual liability for smart products So ware as a Product
Gerhard Wagner Liability for self-learning smart products
Georg Borges Product Liability for Beyond-Product Ecosystems – Is the Product Liability Directive ready to accommodate smart products?
Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell Discussion Panel Liability for AI
Axel Voss Introductory Statement
Evelyne Gebhardt How should ‘smart products’ be handled in contractual and (product) liability law?
Susanne Dehmel Smart liability for smart products
Jutta Gurkmann Introductory Statement
Gerhard Schomburg One Specific Problem from a Tort Law Perspective
Bernhard A. Koch Introductory statement
Jean-Sébastien Borghetti
