The Internet: Articles

Domain Names

• Internet Cybersquatting: Definition and Remedies There have been laws passed recently that attempt to prevent people from making a buck by jumping on other people's trademarks. (FindLaw)
• Avoiding Domain Name Trademark Infringement Here's what website builders need to know about trademark law. (FindLaw)

Rules for Webmasters

• How to Get Permission to Publish Your Website Content Think you can use someone else's work on your website without a licensing agreement? Think again. (FindLaw)
• Website Linking, Framing, and Inlining Every small business owner with a website should be aware that using frames, deep links and other people's graphics can lead to problems if it is not done properly. (FindLaw)
• Issues with Using Trademarks as Meta Tag Keywords You could face legal problems if you use someone else's trademarks as your meta tag keywords. (FindLaw)
• ISP Liability for the Acts of Its Customers In the United States, two federal laws provide a powerful shield for ISPs that follow the rules. Here's how they work. (FindLaw)

Doing Business Online

• How You Can Build Website Traffic Tips on building a loyal audience for your website. (FindLaw)
• Email Marketing Best Practices Avoid marketing with a mass email, commonly known as spam. (FindLaw)
• Contracts and Electronic Signatures Recent technological advances mean that electronic signatures can take the place of a person's John Hancock. (FindLaw)
• Use a Software Development Agreement to Protect your Copyright Get your software development agreement in writing and include these important terms. (FindLaw)
• Do You Have to Pay Sales Tax on Internet Purchases? Here's the skinny on Internet sales tax: who pays it, who doesn't and why it makes a difference to state governments and brick-and-mortar retailers. (FindLaw)

Consumer Issues

• Internet Lawsuit -- Where Can You Sue a Website? If you have a dispute with a Web-based business, you'll need to know where to file the lawsuit. (FindLaw)
• Protect Yourself from Online Auction Fraud Ten tips to avoid internet scams. (FindLaw)

Stay Out of My Computer

• Your Email Isn't Private The best advice is to treat every email as though it were open to the public to read. (FindLaw)
• The CAN-SPAM Act: Trying to Protect Consumers From Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail Spam e-mails are frustrating and can make your blood boil. What's a consumer to do? (FindLaw)
• Stopping Internet Spam Internet spam clutters your email and clogs up servers, ultimately costing the entire system, including you, the consumer, billions of dollars in waste. (FindLaw)