E-Commerce Developments: Across E-Commerce Law on Horseback
Friday, February 25th, 2005
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Archive for February, 2005
E-Commerce Developments Across E-Commerce on Horseback
Friday, February 25th, 2005
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Federal Circuit Provides Potentially Controversial Relief from Stringent Digital Millennium Copyright Act Provisions
Friday, February 4th, 2005
In a closely watched case concerning the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a manufacturer of a universal garage door opener ...
Utah Appellate Court Holds that Utah Has Personal Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Defendant Who Caused a Single Unsolicited Email to be Sent to Plaintiff in Violation of State Spam Law
Friday, February 4th, 2005
In a matter of first impression, the Utah Court of Appeals held that the exercise of personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state company that sent a single email was appropriate because the email represented sufficient contact within Utah. In Fenn v. ...
Doing Business On The Web: Jurisdiction Over Interactive Websites
Friday, February 4th, 2005
The global reach of the Internet raises the possibility that online activities can subject businesses to the jurisdiction of courts in far-flung places. The rules for Internet-based jurisdiction are still being spelled out by U.S. courts. The general ...
Company Held Liable for Employee Redistribution of Subscription Email
Friday, February 4th, 2005
Can your company be held liable if an employee redistributes an electronic subscription within or outside of the company, in violation of your subscription agreement? You bet.
A federal court in Maryland recently so held in a case in which an employee ...
California Adopts Notice Requirement for Data Security Breaches
Friday, February 4th, 2005
California adopted a new law, effective July 1, 2003, that requires businesses to notify consumers whenever hackers gain access to a database containing credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, or other personal information of California consumers. ...
Metatags and Initial-Interest Confusion
Friday, February 4th, 2005
The debate over metatags and the trademark doctrine of “initial-interest confusion” continues. Initial-interest confusion occurs when use of another company’s trademark, or something confusingly similar to the trademark, leads a prospective purchaser ...
Beware of Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
Friday, February 4th, 2005
Congress passed this law (commonly called “FACT”) in 2003, as an amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970, but its impact is just now filtering down to the business community. It contains two provisions of interest to online sellers: first, ...
Federal Circuit Provides Potentially Controversial Relief from Stringent Digital Millennium Copyright Act Provisions
Tuesday, February 1st, 2005
In a closely watched case concerning the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a district court's summary judgment ruling in favor of a manufacturer of a universal garage door opener ...