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Selling Products Online: What Legal Jurisdiction Applies?

Selling Products Online: What Legal Jurisdiction Applies?

Most ecommerce merchants want consumers from all over, whether that means all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico, Europe, or the wo... 1 Comment | Read More »

Copyright Law for Ecommerce Merchants

Copyright Law for Ecommerce Merchants

The Internet makes copying photographs, artwork, and words easy, since a relatively unsophisticated user can just browse the we... 1 Comment | Read More »

Pirated Software Rampant Among Personal Computer Users

Pirated Software Rampant Among Personal Computer Users

To somebody who has never owned or made his living creating and licensing intellectual property, it may not be a big deal. Rea... 4 Comments | Read More »

Legal: The Top Ten Risks For Online Businesses

Legal: The Top Ten Risks For Online Businesses

We are often posed a “simple question” by sophisticated clients. Sometimes it is a simple question with a simple answer. More ... 1 Comment | Read More »

SBA Financing For eCommerce Firms

SBA Financing For eCommerce Firms

Working into the evening, Sterling Savings banker Michael Williams wraps up another day of SBA lending in Portland, Ore.’s “Sil... 0 Comments | Read More »

Research Domain Names Before You Bid

Research Domain Names Before You Bid

Chris Stump of Onlyhammocks.com launched his site in October with a solid search engine-marketing plan. “Our original plan was... 0 Comments | Read More »

Recovering Damages From Thieves, Crooks and Scofflaws

Recovering Damages From Thieves, Crooks and Scofflaws

It seems not a day passes that Dozier Internet Law is not asked how to pursue someone who is using a replica website to “compet... 0 Comments | Read More »

Exporting Requires Formal Agreements

Exporting Requires Formal Agreements

When considering exporting to foreign markets, you must protect yourself legally. It is crucial that your business relationship... 0 Comments | Read More »

Insuring Against Fraud, Data Breaches

Insuring Against Fraud, Data Breaches

A few insurance companies provide policies for credit card fraud and data breaches, covering both a merchant's hard cost of fra... 2 Comments | Read More »

Merchants Liable For Data Breaches

Merchants Liable For Data Breaches

What do online merchants Art.com, Geeks.com and Bananas.com have in common? They're three in a small, but growing, list of ecom... 2 Comments | Read More »

Legal: Security Regulation Is Coming

Legal: Security Regulation Is Coming

Let's consider the problem first. It wasn't until 1997 that credit cards could be "securely" used online. Obviously the definit... 3 Comments | Read More »

Interview: ICANN Official On The Domain Name Infrastructure

Interview: ICANN Official On The Domain Name Infrastructure

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Name and Numbers, or ICANN, coordinates the domain name system globally. ICANN was creat... 3 Comments | Read More »

ADA And State Disability Laws

ADA And State Disability Laws

We are often asked about compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. There is a reasonably strong argument, supported ... 3 Comments | Read More »

Email Blacklists “Kind Of A Crazy Thing”

Email Blacklists “Kind Of A Crazy Thing”

Bob Frady is making his mark as vice president of direct marketing for LiveNation.com, a concert ticket mega-site based in Beve... 6 Comments | Read More »

Managing Risk When Enforcing Online Rights

Managing Risk When Enforcing Online Rights

It never ceases to amaze me how much theft is going on right under the eyes of major companies and they don't appear to underst... 1 Comment | Read More »

Legal: The Future Of The Law Of The Web

Legal: The Future Of The Law Of The Web

One of the compelling aspects of Web 2.0 is the leveraging of user generated content (UGC) on a much more integrated and wide-s... 2 Comments | Read More »

Credit Card Chargebacks

Credit Card Chargebacks

It seems like only yesterday we were gearing up for a new holiday shopping season. Alas, a plethora of shoppers seeking competi... 4 Comments | Read More »

Caveat Vendor: PCI Is Here

Caveat Vendor: PCI Is Here

Here’s one of those cold chill up your spine thoughts: Every day, there are at least two new threats to data security developed... 14 Comments | Read More »

The Law Of Data And Information Security

The Law Of Data And Information Security

I don’t need to recite the many security breaches that have led to major financial losses for companies over the past twelve mo... 0 Comments | Read More »

The Law Of PPC Advertising

The Law Of PPC Advertising

Many of the legal issues existing today have little, or no, clear legal authority to guide us. This is because many of the abus... 3 Comments | Read More »

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