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Ecommerce Companies: You Are Responsible for Sales Taxes

Ecommerce Companies: You Are Responsible for Sales Taxes

One of the most common misconceptions for ecommerce retailers is that sales taxes are not due on Internet transactions. Nothing... 13 Comments | Read More »

Identify your KPIs

Identify your KPIs

One of the things I love about Internet marketing is that it is so measurable. But I understand that for many web marketers, it... 1 Comment | Read More »

Ten Simple Ways to Get Sued

Ten Simple Ways to Get Sued

Want to stay out of trouble? Unless you have been sued before you probably have no idea how expensive, time consuming, and emot... 9 Comments | Read More »

Protecting Intellectual Property

Protecting Intellectual Property

You may not realize it, but you deal with intellectual property (IP) every day. If you own a website, that website is your inte... 3 Comments | Read More »

Managing a High-risk Environment

Managing a High-risk Environment

We conduct a lot of website audits in which we go through a website, identify the legal issues and assist clients in effectivel... 0 Comments | Read More »

Protecting Your Domain Name

Protecting Your Domain Name

Domain names are addresses. But, of course, a domain name generates traffic, which means it is also a major sales source. The t... 2 Comments | Read More »

Getting a Patent is Pricey

Getting a Patent is Pricey

Small businesses are interesting beasts. An entrepreneur comes up with an idea and one of the first thoughts is protecting the ... 1 Comment | Read More »

Legal: Copyright Registration

Legal: Copyright Registration

Copyright registration is a great concept. In order to put the world on notice of your ownership of certain creative works, the... 1 Comment | Read More »

Trademark Registration

Trademark Registration

This article will be the first of three covering trademarks, copyrights and patents. The decision as to whether to register eac... 0 Comments | Read More »

Website User Agreements

Website User Agreements

Website user agreements establish the terms under which the relationship between a visitor and a site is governed. A common pra... 0 Comments | Read More »

How To Steal Credit Card Numbers

How To Steal Credit Card Numbers

At SecurityFocus.com, Internet programmers can post the details of various software bugs to assist other professionals. These s... 5 Comments | Read More »

Privacy Policies

Privacy Policies

Even at the turn of the 17th century, Francis Bacon had it right: knowledge is power. Today, we are in the midst of the informa... 0 Comments | Read More »

Web Hosting: Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst

Web Hosting: Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst

Last month we discussed web development agreements. Next question: Who is going to host your site? My advice is to know whom yo... 0 Comments | Read More »

Web Development Contracts

Web Development Contracts

We get an interesting mix of client inquiries each week. Sometimes we are asked to draft a “simple” or “basic” contract, neithe... 2 Comments | Read More »

Affiliate Marketers

Affiliate Marketers

Over half of our law firm’s practice involves affiliate marketing. If we are not setting up an affiliate marketing program, we ... 0 Comments | Read More »

Your eCommerce Activities Could be Criminal

Your eCommerce Activities Could be Criminal

The online world is an interesting place today for many reasons. Remember the old western movies when the cowboys came into tow... 0 Comments | Read More »

Ten Things You Absolutely, Positively Need to Know When You Get Sued

Ten Things You Absolutely, Positively Need to Know When You Get Sued

It’s one of those unanticipated business problems. The cost of dealing with it can be overwhelming. The risk of loss to you and... 0 Comments | Read More »

Google Analytics Draws Industry Reaction

Google Analytics Draws Industry Reaction

On November 14, 2005 Google announced its free, hosted web analytics service. Based on the Urchin analytics platform, which Goo... 0 Comments | Read More »

Internet Businesses: Pioneers Still Get Arrows in Their Backs

Internet Businesses: Pioneers Still Get Arrows in Their Backs

When I started my first ecommerce company in February 1994 all of my friends thought I was crazy to leave a successful law prac... 0 Comments | Read More »

North Dakota Senator Leads National Sales Tax Project

North Dakota Senator Leads National Sales Tax Project

Quick, what’s six-point-five percent of $171 billion. It’s about $11.1 billion. That is approximately the amount of sales and... 0 Comments | Read More »

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