Cyberlaw and e-commerce regulation : an entrepreneurial approach

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Melvin, Sean P.

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Australia : Thomson/South-Western, 2005

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9780324175790

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Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation -- United States

Business law -- United States

Intellectual property -- United States

Internet -- Law and legislation -- United States

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Traditional Cyberlaw textbooks may not cover all you need to know. Only CYBERLAW AND E-COMMERCE REGULATION: AN ENTREPRENEURIAL APPROACH begins with the fundamentals of cyber law and e-commerce regulation in a global business context, then shows you how to make them work in your business. Whether you're an undergrad or an MBA student, this is the Cyberlaw textbook that gives you the edge in both class and the real world.

Preface	p. xii
About the Author	p. xviii
Unit 1 Cyber Entrepreneurs, E-Commerce, and the Law	p. 1
Chapter 1 Overview of CyberLaw and E-Commerce Business Models	p. 3
Fundamentals of the Internet	p. 5
Background and Brief History of the Internet	p. 5
Physical Structure	p. 6
Domain Name System	p. 7
Accessing the Internet	p. 9
ISPs, IAPs, and OSPs	p. 9
Connecting to the Internet	p. 10
Bandwidth	p. 10
Wireless Access	p. 12
The Tech Boom and Entrepreneurism	p. 12
Bricks-and-Mortar Shift to E-Commerce	p. 13
Basic Cyber Entrepreneur and E-Commerce Business Models	p. 14
Inherent Risks	p. 14
Sources of Law Affecting Cyber Entrepreneurs and E-Commerce Firms	p. 14
Statutory Law	p. 15
Constitutional Law	p. 18
Common Law	p. 18
The Modern View	p. 18
Global Perspectives in CyberLaw	p. 19
Chapter 2 Going Online: Formation Issues	p. 25
Fundamentals of Selecting the Business Entity	p. 25
Personal Liability	p. 26
Organizational Expenses	p. 26
Management and Control	p. 26
Capital and Credit	p. 27
Tax Treatment	p. 27
Forms of Business Organizations	p. 30
Sole Proprietorship	p. 30
Partnerships	p. 30
Corporations	p. 31
Limited Liability Entities	p. 32
Joint Ventures: Special Concerns of Cyber Entrepreneurs and E-Commerce Firms	p. 35
Corporations as Joint Venture Entities	p. 36
Partnerships as Joint Venture Entities	p. 36
Limited Liability Companies as Joint Venture Entities	p. 36
Contribution of Intellectual Property: Unique Issues for Cyber Entrepreneur Joint Ventures	p. 37
Joint Ventures and Intellectual Property Licensing	p. 37
Fiduciary Duties of Officers and Directors	p. 38
Business Judgment Rule	p. 39
Global Perspectives in Cyberlaw: Forms of International Business	p. 42
Chapter 3 Taxation of Products and Services	p. 47
The States and Their Sales and Use Taxes	p. 47
Taxation of Mail Order Vendors: A Guideline for Internet Transactions	p. 48
Other Nexus Theories	p. 52
Challenges in the Taxation of Internet Sales and E-Commerce	p. 52
Physical Location	p. 52
Regulating Parties and Goods	p. 53
Commercial and Noncommercial Internet Transmissions	p. 53
The Internet Tax Freedom Act	p. 54
Special Taxation Issues Facing Cyber Entrepreneurs and E-Commerce Firms	p. 55
Taxation of E-Commerce and Internet Sales	p. 55
Internet Access Providers	p. 56
Bricks and Clicks: E-Commerce Relationships	p. 57
The States' Treatment of Transactions and Electronic Content	p. 57
Sales and Use Tax Treatment of Computer Software	p. 58
State Income and Franchise Taxes	p. 58
Global Issues in Cyberlaw: International Taxation of E-Commerce	p. 59
The European Union	p. 59
OECD Report	p. 59
Foreign Tax Incentives	p. 60
Double-Taxation Remedies	p. 61
Foreign Tax Credit and Tax Treaties	p. 61
Unit 2 Intellectual Property Law	p. 65
Chapter 4 Patents: Legal Protection of Inventions and Processes	p. 67
Viability of a Patent	p. 67
Fundamentals of Patent Law	p. 68
Novelty	p. 68
Nonobviousness	p. 69
Patentable Subject Matter	p. 69
Modern Trends	p. 72
The American Inventors Protection Act	p. 74
Types of Patents	p. 74
Business Method Patents	p. 74
Design Patents	p. 76
Plant Patents	p. 76
From Idea to Patent	p. 76
Party Qualified to File	p. 76
The Patent Application and Examination Process	p. 78
Patent Infringement	p. 79
Literal Infringement	p. 79
Equivalence	p. 79
File Wrapper Estoppel	p. 79
The Public Use Doctrine	p. 82
Remedies and Damages	p. 82
Actual Damages	p. 82
Attorneys' Fees	p. 82
Limitations	p. 83
Notice	p. 83
Infringement Defenses	p. 83
Global Issues in CyberLaw: Intellectual Property	p. 83
International Patent Law	p. 84
Chapter 5 Protection of Trade Secrets, Trademarks, and Trade Dress	p. 89
Trade Secret Protection	p. 89
Legal Protection of Trade Secrets	p. 90
Misappropriation	p. 90
Economic Espionage Act	p. 91
Exclusive Rights	p. 92
Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Dress	p. 92
Business Value of Trademarks	p. 93
Protection under the Law	p. 93
Trademark Classification	p. 93
Acquiring Rights	p. 94
Applications and the Patent and Trademark Office	p. 95
Preserving Trademark Protection	p. 96
Violation of Trademarks	p. 96
Trademark Infringement	p. 96
Trademark Dilution	p. 97
Infringement Defenses	p. 99
Remedies	p. 100
Trademarks in Cyberspace	p. 100
Domain Names, Virtual Kidnapping, and Cybersquatting	p. 100
Metatags	p. 104
Framing	p. 104
Global Perspectives in Cyberlaw	p. 104
International Protection of Trademarks	p. 104
The Trademark Law Treaty	p. 105
Non-TLT Signatories	p. 105
The European Union	p. 105
Chapter 6 Copyrights	p. 109
Copyright Law	p. 110
Originality and "Sweat of the Brow"	p. 110
Evolution of U.S. Copyright Law	p. 112
Audio Home Recording Act of 1992	p. 112
Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995	p. 114
No Electronic Theft Act of 1997	p. 115
Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998	p. 115
Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 and Length of Ownership	p. 117
Copyrights and Computer Programs	p. 118
Rights of Copyright Owners	p. 118
Copyright Protection	p. 118
Copyright Infringement	p. 122
Direct	p. 122
Indirect	p. 122
RIAA's Plan B-A Scorched Earth Litigation Strategy at the Individual User Level	p. 125
Vicarious Infringement	p. 126
Remedies	p. 126
Injunctive Relief	p. 126
Damages	p. 127
Attorney's Fees and Costs	p. 127
Criminal Sanctions	p. 127
Copyright Infringement Defenses	p. 127
Fair Use	p. 127
First Sale	p. 130
Public Domain	p. 130
Global Perspectives in Cyberlaw: The Berne Convention and U.S. Isolationalism	p. 130
Unit 3 Legal Issues of Operation, Management, and Windup of E-Commerce Firms	p. 135
Chapter 7 Litigation and Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution	p. 137
Litigation	p. 137
Phases of Litigation	p. 137
Prelawsuit	p. 138
Pleadings Phase	p. 138
Discovery Phase	p. 142
Pretrial	p. 144
Trial	p. 144
Posttrial Motions and Appeals	p. 145
Collecting the Judgment	p. 145
Alternate Dispute Resolution	p. 146
Fundamentals	p. 146
Methods of Alternate Dispute Resolution	p. 147
Arbitration	p. 149
Mediation and Med-Arb	p. 151
Expert Evaluation	p. 152
Online Dispute Resolution	p. 152
Transactions and Relationships	p. 153
Online Mediation	p. 153
Online Arbitration	p. 153
Global Perspectives in Cyberlaw: International Dispute Resolution	p. 154
International Arbitration	p. 154
International Mediation	p. 156
Chapter 8 Jurisdiction in and out of Cyberspace	p. 159
Jurisdiction	p. 160
Source of Law	p. 160
Personal Jurisdiction	p. 160
Subject Matter	p. 162
Exclusive Jurisdiction and Concurrent Jurisdiction	p. 164
Venue	p. 164
Evolution of Cyber Jurisdiction and E-Commerce	p. 164
Other Views: Narrowing Zippo	p. 167
Global Perspectives in Cyberlaw: International Jurisdiction and the Internet	p. 170
Directive on Electronic Commerce of the European Union	p. 171
Chapter 9 Contracts, Sales, and E-Commerce Transactions	p. 175
Overview of Contract Law	p. 176
Sources of Law	p. 176
Statutory Sources of Law in the Tech Sector	p. 176
Formation of a Contract	p. 177
Agreement	p. 177
Consideration	p. 178
Capacity	p. 181
Legality	p. 181
Statute of Frauds	p. 182
Parol Evidence and Common Law Contracts	p. 183
Performance and Conditions	p. 183
Breach and Remedies	p. 185
Article 2--Contracts for the Sale and Lease of Goods	p. 185
Merchants v. Non-Merchants	p. 186
Article 2A--Leases	p. 186
Forms of Leases	p. 186
Offer	p. 186
Open Terms	p. 186
Acceptance	p. 187
Consideration	p. 187
Statute of Frauds	p. 188
Parol Evidence and the U.C.C.	p. 188
Electronic Contracts	p. 188
UETA	p. 188
UCITA	p. 190
Chapter 10 Torts, Cyber Torts, and Product Liability	p. 197
Torts	p. 197
Cyber Torts	p. 198
Defamation	p. 198
Defenses to Defamation	p. 199
Liability of Publishers	p. 199
Other Intentional Cyber Torts	p. 202
Trespass	p. 202
Negligence	p. 205
Hypothetical Negligence Case	p. 205
Defenses	p. 206
Strict Liability for Products in the Technology Sector	p. 207
Product Liability and Value-Added Resellers in the Tech Sector	p. 207
Chapter 11 Raising Capital and Regulation of Securities	p. 213
Sources of Capital	p. 213
Equity Instruments	p. 213
Debt Instruments	p. 215
Securities Law	p. 218
Security Defined	p. 218
Federal Securities Regulation	p. 220
The Securities Act of 1933	p. 221
Exemptions from the '33 Act	p. 221
The Securities Act of 1934	p. 223
Insider Trading	p. 223
State Regulation of Securities: Blue Sky Laws	p. 223
Abuses in Litigation: Amendments to the Securities Acts	p. 224
Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998	p. 224
Technology's Impact on Raising Capital	p. 224
Marketing Securities over the Internet	p. 225
New Securities and the Internet	p. 227
Federal Regulation	p. 227
State Regulation	p. 229
Public Offerings of Securities on the Web	p. 229
A Streaming Road Show	p. 230
Online Offerings of Exempt Securities	p. 231
Trading on the Secondary Market in Cyberspace	p. 231
Antifraud Laws, Cyber Entrepreneurs, and E-Commerce	p. 233
Antifraud and the Cyber Entrepreneur	p. 234
Chapter 12 Antitrust Law and Technology	p. 239
Antitrust Statutes	p. 239
The Sherman Act: Per Se Violations and the Rule of Reason	p. 240
Horizontal Restraints among Competitors	p. 241
Price Fixing	p. 241
Allocation of Markets or Customers	p. 242
Boycotts: Concerted Refusal to Deal	p. 243
Trade Associations	p. 245
Vertical Restraints	p. 246
Monopolization	p. 249
The Microsoft Case	p. 250
Microsoft on Appeal	p. 253
The Clayton Act	p. 255
The Robinson-Patman Act	p. 256
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Dissolution, and Windup	p. 261
Bankruptcy Law	p. 261
Chapter 7: Liquidation	p. 262
Steps in a Chapter 7 Proceeding	p. 262
Chapter 11: Reorganization	p. 268
Steps of a Chapter 11 Proceeding	p. 268
Chapter 13: Consumer Adjustment Bankruptcy	p. 270
Bankruptcy and E-Commerce	p. 270
Dissolution and Windup	p. 271
Dissolution as an Alternative to Bankruptcy	p. 271
Dissolution of Partnerships	p. 271
Dissolution of Corporations	p. 273
Windup	p. 278
Unit 4 Human Resources and Other Government Regulation	p. 283
Chapter 14 Hiring, Employee Supervision, and Termination	p. 285
Overview of the Employment-At-Will Doctrine	p. 285
Implied Employment Contracts	p. 286
Public Policy Exception to the Employment-at-Will Doctrine	p. 286
Whistle-Blower Protections	p. 287
Employee Privacy Rights	p. 288
Federal Solutions: Existing Legislation	p. 290
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986	p. 290
Overview of ECPA Title II: Prohibition Against Accessing Stored Electronic Communications	p. 293
Exceptions for the Interception of and Access to Electronic Communications	p. 293
Disclosure under Title I and Title II	p. 294
Damages under the ECPA	p. 295
State Statutes	p. 295
Employment Discrimination	p. 295
Overview of Employment Discrimination Laws	p. 296
Theories of Liability under Employment Discrimination Statutes	p. 297
Harassment	p. 297
Employer Liability for Harassment	p. 297
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)	p. 298
Discrimination Concerns and Technology	p. 298
E-Mail and Electronic Bulletin Boards	p. 298
The Americans with Disabilities Act: Discrimination Against Online Consumers	p. 300
Chapter 15 Computer Crime, Internet Regulation, and Obscenity	p. 305
Crackdowns in Cyberspace	p. 305
Regulating E-Mail Solicitations: State Legislation and the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003	p. 306
Computer-Related Crime	p. 306
Unauthorized Use	p. 307
Denial of Service Attacks	p. 308
Virtual Vandalism	p. 309
Programs Intended to Cause Damage	p. 309
Cyber Stalking	p. 310
Computer Crime Statutes	p. 310
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (18 U.S.C. [section] 1030)	p. 311
Global Perspectives on Cyberlaw: The European Union's Cyber Cops	p. 312
Civil Liability and Remedies	p. 313
Obscenity	p. 314
Overview of the Historical Background of Obscenity Regulation	p. 314
Obscenity in Cyberspace	p. 314
The Communications Decency Act	p. 314
Congressional Response to Reno I: Child Online Protection Act of 1998	p. 315
State Attempts to Regulate Internet Obscenities	p. 316
Appendix A Amendments to the U.S. Constitution	p. 321
Appendix B Federal Trademark Dilution Act	p. 323
Appendix C Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)	p. 324
Appendix D Excerpt from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998)	p. 325
Glossary	p. 335
Table of Cases	p. 343
Index	p. 345

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