Cyber law News

It is fascinating to see how as new e-businesses evolve so related lawsuits do -well, it may not be that fascinating for the parties involved, but for jurists it is interesting to see the evolution of the law; particularly, how traditional legal concepts are applied to new ways of doing business. Indeed, it is now ordinary to see how the traditional legal concepts of conversion and theft are unsuccessfully applied to the online world while other concepts such as copyright laws are more successful, although sometimes tricky.

Suddenly, perfect storms are developing on the global branding fronts; the top of the agenda is now 'naming' of the brands itself and how will the names survive the rapid changes of massive digitalization of social media where such name identies reside and skate to catch customers via global cyber branding.

A number of foreign software developers seeking protection of their intellectual property works in the United States sometimes find this task a bit expensive. Hiring an intellectual property attorney in the United States may be costly, particularly for those who may not know "where to start.” This article provides a summary description of how software is protected in the United States; at least a start point for those with great ideas but limited budget. [More..]

The liberalization of the world economies and the use of the Internet have also expanded international litigation; this is, litigation involving multiple parties and evidence located in different jurisdictions. Letters rogatory are excellent instruments in international litigation because they are a method of obtaining judicial discovery assistance from abroad when there is no treaty or executive agreement. This article explains what letters rogatory are, their related civil procedure rules for discovery requests, and their requirements.

In the United States, online advertising is subject to general and specific rules depending on the product or service. Online advertising of products or services that involve children under 13 is subject to the specific rules of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Thus, website designers and companies must make sure that their Web pages comply with this Act or they may be subject to penalties.

Global corporate nomenclature is making history, right now, as ICANN gTLD platform opens with full swing, the established and largest name brands of the world are now pitted against the newest, recently incubated,globally poised but relatively unknown name brands.

Global corporate nomenclature is making history, right now, as ICANN gTLD platform opens with full swing, the established and largest name brands of the world are now pitted against the newest, recently incubated, globally poised but relatively unknown name brands. [More..]

Nowadays, a great percentage of a business communications is conducted through e-mail. E-mails may be erroneously sent to an unintended recipient, which could even be a business competitor. What happens if our business competitor erroneously receives e-mails with business proposals sent to our business? Under this scenario, can we file a lawsuit against our competitor alleging conversion? [More..]

Social networks are an excellent way to communicate with friends and clients, but people should use them with previous reading of the “Miranda” warning; this is the writer’s opinion. Indeed, everything you say/post in a social network may be used against you in future court proceedings. The United States courts are leaning towards allowing discovery of information stored in social networks, even information not accessible to the public in general.

Intellectual property laws, particularly copyrights and trademarks, became a fundamental topic for Internet dealings. Fortunately, most countries around the world are signatories to the major intellectual property treaties that uniformly address these legal issues, making it simple for international and Internet transactions. Indeed, Japan is signatory to the Nice Agreement and the Trademark Law Treaty, and a contracting party to the Madrid Agreement Protocol concerning the International Registration of Marks of March 14, 2000.