INTERNET LAW

Is it spam if I put the following message on my broadcast emails? “THIS MESSAGE IS BEING SENT IN COMPLIANCE OF THE EMAIL BILL: SECTION 301. PER SECTION, PARAGRAPH (a) (2) (c) of S. 1618. To discontinue receipt of further notice and to be removed from our database, please reply with the word Remove in […]

Intranet refers to inward-facing or staff-facing systems. Intranets have some similarities to Internet-based web sites, starting out as departmental or corporate email systems and evolving into a broadcast medium for managing internal information, including web-based documents as well as access to existing systems and data repositories. An intranet has two fundamental functions: provide secure, customized […]

If your site links to a commercial web page other than a site’s home page, you could be subject to litigation. Deep linking is when one site establishes a link to a page, other than the home page, of another site. The practice of deep linking has been the subject of numerous court proceedings. Generally, […]

October 28, 2002 – A U.S. Federal Court recently dismissed British Telecom’s (BT) claim that it holds the patent to “hyperlinks” – the technology that enables Internet users to jump from one web page to another at the click of a mouse. The case was dismissed by summary judgment at the request of Prodigy – the […]

Contents What is a Notary Public? Why are documents notarized? May any document be notarized? Is notarization required by law? How does a Notary Identify a signer? Does notarization mean that a document is “true” or “legal”? What will I need for my document to be notarized? May a Notary give legal advice or draft […]

For most trademarks already in use, federal registration is a relatively straightforward process. You use a simple two-sided form provided by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to: describe your mark, state when it was first used, describe the products or services on which the mark will be used, and suggest the classification under which […]