Smart Products: Münster Colloquia on EU Law and the Digital Economy VI

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lohsse; Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Reiner Schulze; Prof. Dr. Dirk Staudenmayer

doi:10.5771/9783748929772

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-8556-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-2977-2
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 246
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 8
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    1. 1. Definition in EU law No access
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    2. 2. Why are smart products important for the Digital Economy? No access
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    1. 1. New dimensions for European contract law No access
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      1. a) An innovative approach No access
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      2. b) Problems and regulatory gaps No access
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      1. a) The trader’s right to modify digital products No access
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      2. b) Open questions No access
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    4. 4. From transposition to transition No access
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      1. a) Multiplicity of actors No access
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      2. b) Questions of user liability No access
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      3. c) Questions of product liability No access
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      1. a) The legal novelty of autonomous contracting No access
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        aa) The European dimension No access
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        bb) The international dimension No access
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      3. c) Knowledge and control of the parties in autonomously concluded contracts No access
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  4. IV. Conclusion No access
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  1. I. Main thesis of this paper No access
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  2. II. A step by step farewell to the law of the Roman aediles No access
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  3. III. Obligation to update in the wording of the SGD No access
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  4. IV. Liability of the seller for the continuous supply of the digital content or digital service No access
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  5. V. Categories of subject matters of sales contracts No access
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  6. VI. A practical example: Smart lock No access
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  7. VII. Update obligations of the seller No access
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  8. VIII. Who is obliged to update? No access
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  9. IX. Digital “servitisation” of sales contracts and risk allocation to sellers No access
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  10. X. Effects for consumer protection No access
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  11. XI. Market effects of the update obligations No access
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  12. XII. Conclusions No access
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  1. I. Introduction No access
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      1. a) General aspects of the distinction No access
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      2. b) Delimitation issues No access
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      1. a) Subjective and objective requirements No access
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      2. b) Relationship with Art 19 DCD No access
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      3. c) Concrete actions owed by the trader No access
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      4. d) Admissibility of forced updates? No access
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      1. a) Liability for lack of conformity as a result of a failure to update No access
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      2. b) Liability for lack of conformity resulting from an update No access
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      3. c) Liability for damages under national law? No access
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      1. a) Duration in the case of one-off supply No access
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      2. b) Duration in the case of continuous provision over a period of time No access
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      1. a) Remedies for lack of conformity No access
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      2. b) Loss of remedies No access
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      3. c) Qualified waiver No access
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      1. a) Package model No access
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      2. b) Agency model No access
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      3. c) Warranty model No access
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    2. 2. Solution adopted by DCD and SGD No access
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    3. 3. Parallel obligations under end-user agreements No access
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  4. IV. Critical evaluation No access
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  1. I. General introduction No access
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  2. II. Relevance of Update Obligation for Smart Products No access
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  3. III. The Subjective Conformity Requirement (Express Terms) and the Update Obligation No access
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    1. 1. Content of the Update Obligation No access
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    2. 2. Addressee of the Update Obligation No access
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      1. a) Sales Contracts that Provide for a Single Act of Supply of Digital Content or Digital Service No access
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      2. b) Sales Contracts that Provide for Continuous Supply of Digital Content or Digital Service Over a Period of Time No access
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    1. 1. Quality of Information No access
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    2. 2. Time at Which the Information is Made Available No access
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    3. 3. The Consumer's Failure to Install Updates under Art. 7(4) Sale of Goods Directive 2019/771 and its Applicability to Agreed Updates No access
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  6. VI. Conclusion No access
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  1. I. Introduction No access
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  2. II. General remarks No access
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  3. III. What is a modification within the meaning of Article 19 DCD? No access
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    1. 1. Modifications not detrimental to the consumer No access
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    2. 2. Modifications detrimental to the consumer No access
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  5. V. Modifications in the case of interpersonal communications services No access
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  6. VI. Modifications in the case of goods with digital elements No access
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  7. VII. Conclusions No access
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  1. I. Introduction No access
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    1. 1. General remarks No access
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    2. 2. Requirements of the right of modification according to Art. 19 DCD No access
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    3. 3. Contracts affected by Art. 19 DCD No access
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    1. 1. Applicability of section 327r BGB to the respective modification No access
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    2. 2. Requirements regarding the modification clause No access
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    3. 3. Requirements and consequences of the consumer information No access
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    4. 4. Right of the consumer to terminate the contract, section 327r (3), (4) BGB No access
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    5. 5. Contract design in terms and conditions No access
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  4. IV. Examination of contract clauses regarding the new legal provisions No access
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  5. V. Clause proposal considering the new legal regulations No access
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  6. VI. Contract design regarding the right of modification in B2B relationship No access
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  7. VII. Conclusion No access
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    1. 1. The Impact of Digitization No access
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    2. 2. Products Liability No access
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    3. 3. National Law No access
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  2. II. A Primer on the Scope of the Product Liability Directive No access
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    1. 1. Fundamental Freedoms No access
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    2. 2. VAT No access
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    3. 3. Product Safety No access
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    4. 4. Contract and Commercial Law No access
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    5. 5. Conclusions and Observations No access
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    1. 1. Methods of Interpretation No access
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    2. 2. Art. 2 of the Directive No access
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    3. 3. Movables No access
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    4. 4. Electricity No access
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    5. 5. The CJEU Decision on Printed Information No access
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    6. 6. Products vs. Services No access
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    7. 7. Software between Good and Service No access
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    8. 8. Categories of Software No access
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  5. V. Conclusion No access
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  1. I. Change in AI systems as a challenge for product liability law No access
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    1. 1. AI systems No access
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    2. 2. AI systems as products within the meaning of product liability law No access
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    3. 3. Machine learning and neural networks No access
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    1. 1. Machine learning as part of the manufacturing process No access
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    2. 2. Majority of manufacturing processes through training of AI systems No access
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    3. 3. Operators of AI systems as manufacturers? Gap in product liability No access
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    1. 1. Delimitations No access
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    2. 2. Changeability as a defect of AI systems? No access
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    1. 1. Strict liability for AI systems No access
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      1. a) Obligation of the manufacturer to manage risks No access
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      2. b) Monitoring obligations of the operator and manufacturer of AI systems No access
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  6. VI. Conclusion No access
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  1. I. Smart Products in the Context of Product Liability Rules: the Problem No access
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    1. 1. Complexity: The Ecosystem is the Product and the Product is an Ecosystem No access
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    2. 2. Opacity, vulnerability,…and increasing autonomy No access
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    3. 3. Openness: Smart Products as quasi ‘living beings’ No access
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  3. III. Commercial and Technological Units: the Proposal No access
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      1. 1) The political dimension No access
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      2. 2) The legal dimension No access
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    2. II. Closing legal gaps No access
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      1. 1) Our aims No access
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      2. 2) Adjustments to the law No access
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    4. IV. Which AI systems are affected? No access
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    5. V. Legal consequences of a high-risk AI system No access
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    6. VI. Assignment to high-risk AI systems No access
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  1. Evelyne Gebhhardt, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) No access
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  1. I. What is Artificial Intelligence? No access
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  2. II. Current regulation of Artificial Intelligence No access
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    1. 1. Proposed extension of the product definition No access
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    2. 2. Proposed prolongation of responsibility No access
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    3. 3. Proposed extension of the scope of application to non-material damages No access
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  4. IV. Striking the delicate balance No access
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  1. Introductory Statement of Jutta Gurkmann, Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv) No access
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  1. I. Scope of the obligation to supply updates for ‘smart products’ No access
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  2. II. Extension of the obligations of the producer? No access
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  1. Introductory Statement of Professor Bernhard A. Koch, University of Innsbruck No access
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7. Introductory statement No access Pages 245 - 246
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