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Combating offensive or illegal online speech is difficult both for practical and legal reasons. On the practical side, the ease of anonymous communications on the Internet presents problems in identifying the person responsible for offensive or illegal communications. From the legal side, the First Amendment often provides protection of speech that is critical, annoying, offensive […]

No. State law prohibits the transmission or receipt of any wager or gambling information intended to be used for bookmaking or other unauthorized gambling activity. It is also illegal under federal law, including the Federal Wire Wager Act (18 U.S.C. § 1084), to operate a betting or wagering business using telephone lines or other “wire […]

A digital signature (not to be confused with a digital certificate) is an electronic signature that can be used to authenticate the identity of the sender of a message or the signer of a document, and possibly to ensure that the original content of the message or document that has been sent is unchanged. Digital […]

Many companies claim trademark infringement or dilution when pursuing unauthorized uses of their names or logos on the Web-but it’s not entirely clear how these laws apply to noncommercial activity on the Net. Trademark law has important implications for Web publishing. A trademark is a word, term, name, symbol, or device that distinguishes the goods […]

Inventors may apply for one of two types of patent applications: A non-provisional application, which begins the examination process and may lead to a patent and A provisional application, which establishes a filing date but does not begin the examination process. Both types of patent applications can be filed either electronically by using the Electronic […]

The Charleston Principles: final version The National Association of State Charity Officials (NASCO) has released the final version of its Internet fundraising guidelines, the Charleston Principles. The Principles, which have not changed dramatically from earlier drafts, are not binding and are simply meant to help states develop their own regulatory approach to the Internet. Organizations […]