INTERNET LAW

Utah Governor Signs Bill That Cracks Down on Naked Short Selling With State Fines for Brokers May 26, 2006 – Over the objection of Wall Street firms, Gov. Jon Huntsman signed a bill Friday that cracks down on naked short selling with state fines for brokers who accumulate too many unsettled trades in any company’s shares. […]

September 8, 2003 – California man has pleaded guilty to six counts of wire fraud in connection with a sophisticated scheme to steal nearly $600,000 of computer equipment from businesses in Wenham, Massachusetts and Santa Barbara, California. Brian Tinney, 33, who pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon, set up a […]

A patent for an invention is a grant of a property right by the Government to the inventor (or his or her heirs or assigns), acting through the Patent and Trademark Office. The term of the patent may be 20 years from the date on which the application for the patent was filed in the […]

Well maybe, but with 25% of U.S. software pirated, there is a lot of reporting to be done …Microsoft Corp. announced that it had filed software piracy lawsuits against three Missouri-based resellers for the alleged distribution of counterfeit and/or infringing Microsoft software. These legal actions aim to protect consumers of Microsoft software from the negative […]

September 2000 – The Internet and the rise of globalization are creating new pressure to develop a commercial code that’s recognized worldwide. More than 700 years ago, Britain enjoyed a huge boom in commerce thanks to the era’s great technological innovation–passable roads. But this revolutionary development also created unforeseen new problems. Among them: It became easy […]

To establish a website, the owner must first register the site name with a domain name registry. As a general rule, you can register any domain name that isn’t already registered, without regard to whether the name is in fact a trademark owned by a different company. This has led to a number of instances […]