Evolving Legal Protection for Databases - A database can be one of an Internet company's most valuable assets. However, U.S. law provides little legal protection for databases. This article compares legal protection for databases in the United States versus the European Union and explains why U.S. laws offer little help.
Publisher: Gigalaw.com     Author: Peter K. Yu   

Final Report of the Internet Domain Name Process - Defines the policy questions that exist surounding the protection of Intellectual Property and the DNS.
Publisher: World Intellectual Property Organization     Author: World Intellectual Property Organization   

Global Electronic Commerce: Legal Issues - Contract formation practices, consumer protection, protection of databases.
Publisher: Fenwick & West LLP     Author: Fred M. Greguras   

High-Tech TV Recording, the Internet and the Law - A new breed of high-tech TV recording devices promise to let users skip commercials and send programs to others over the Internet. But the technology already has sparked a copyright infringement lawsuit by the TV industry.
Publisher: Gigalaw.com     Author: Doug Isenberg   

Hollywood vs. High-Tech - Disney's Michael Eisner and others say Hollywood will defend its intellectual property at all costs. Silicon Valley eminences like Andy Grove say those are fightin' words -- if it means trampling consumers' rights and squashing innovation.
Publisher: Business 2.0     Author: James Lardner   

Intellectual property for a wired world - Especially in today's "at the speed of the Net" communications, it is easier than ever to steal, copy and produce goods in violation of intellectual property rights. What is protected in the United States may not be protected abroad.
Publisher: Business Law Today     Author: Justin E. D. Daily   

Internet Law 2001: The Year in Review and a Look Ahead - Napster lost, Microsoft settled, terrorism threatens online privacy, and digital copyright laws are out of control. If that sounds like the Internet law year in review for 2001, just stick around -- it's all bound to change, again, and more quickly than you can say "DMCA."
Publisher: Gigalaw.com     Author: Doug Isenberg   

It's Our Way or the Highway - Americans Ruling Cyberspace - A look Back at Bad Policy and a Look Ahead at New Policy.
Publisher: Journal of Technology Law & Policy     Author: Brian Berlandi   

Keys to a Reliable Software Escrow Agreement - A software escrow agreement allows a software licensee to obtain access to the all-important source code and other materials if the software licensor goes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform as required. This article explains the vital elements of an escrow agreement and how it should work.
Publisher: Gigalaw.com     Author: Keith Mobley   

Limiting Speech: The Consequences of Quashing Cybersquatting - How are rights to domain names like property rights? Is trademark law adequately dealing with domain name disputes? Is the Anticybersquatting Act really such a good thing after all?
Publisher: Gigalaw.com     Author: Shubha Ghosh