Includes bibliographical references and index

Technology and Cyberlaw -- History of the Internet -- History of the World Wide Web -- How the Internet Works -- Regulation of Cyberspace -- Business Uses of Internet Technologies -- Globalization -- Law and Cyberspace -- Jurisdiction -- Categories of Jurisdiction -- Traditional Principles of Jurisdiction -- Judicial History of Personal Jurisdiction -- Personal Jurisdiction in the Online Environment -- Pavlovich v. The Superior Court of Santa Clara County and DVD Copy Control Assn., Inc. -- Verizon Online Services, Inc. v. Ralsky -- Am. Online, Inc. v. Superior Court (Mendoza) -- International Jurisdiction in Cyberspace -- Principles of National Enforcement -- Yahoo!, Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Le Racisme et L'Antisemitisme -- Intellectual Property Issues in Cyberspace -- Trademarks -- Intellectual Property -- Trademarks -- Trademarks as Distinctive: Either Inherently or Through a Secondary Meaning -- Julia Fiona Roberts v. Russell Boyd -- Trademark Infringement and Dilution -- Checkpoint Systems, Inc. v. Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. -- A.B.C. Carpet Co., Inc., et al. v. Naeini -- Trademarks in Cyberspace: Cyberpiracy and Internet Technology -- E & J Gallo Winery v. Spider Webs Ltd. -- Playboy Enterprises Inc. v. Welles -- International Regulation and Enforcement of Trademark Law -- Copyrights -- Copyright Act of 1976 -- Constitutional Challenge to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act -- Eldred v. Ashcroft -- Exclusive Statutory Rights of a Copyright Owner -- Theories of Liability for Copyright Infringement -- Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-Line Communication Services, Inc. -- Limitations on Copyright Owners' Exclusive Rights -- Remedies for Copyright Infringement -- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) -- Safe Harbor for Online Service Providers Under the DMCA -- Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the Napster Case -- International Regulation and Enforcement of Copyright Law -- Business Methods Patents and Trade Secrets -- Business Methods Patents -- Patent Law as It Relates to Business Practices -- The Patentability of Software and Business Methods Patents -- State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc. -- Marketel International, Inc. v. Priceline.com -- Enforcing Patent Rights: Plaintiff's Case -- Amazon.com, Inc. v. Barnesandnoble.com, Inc. -- Defendant's Case -- The Future of Business Methods Patents: The Problems/Vulnerabilities in the Present System -- International Recognition and Enforcement of Business Methods Patents -- Trade Secrets: An Alternative Strategy to Patenting -- DVD Copy Control Association v. Bunner -- Business and Financial Issues in Cyberspace -- Online Contracting -- Fundamental Principles of Contract Law -- The Requirements of a Contract -- Warranties, Disclaimers, and Terms of Use -- The Developing Uniform E-Commerce Law: UCITA and UETA -- Electronic Signatures -- Software Licensing -- Click-Wrap, Shrink-Wrap, and Browse-Wrap Agreements -- ProCD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg -- Specht v. Netscape Communications Corp. -- E-Commerce and Insurance: Insuring Online Contracting Risk -- State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Midwest Computers & More -- American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Company v. Ingram Micro, Inc. -- International Aspects of Electronic Contracting -- Sales Tax in E-Commerce -- National Bellas Hess, Inc. v. Dept. of Rev. of the State of Illinois -- Quill Corp. v. North Dakota -- A New Sales Tax System: The Streamline Sales Tax Project (SSTP) -- International Internet Taxation -- Online Securities Offerings and Transactions -- Raising Capital: Online Securities Offerings -- Securities and Exchange Commission v. SG Ltd. -- Securities and Exchange Commission v. Abacus International Holdings Corp. -- Haack v. Max Internet Communications, Inc. -- Hart v. Internet Wire, Inc. & Bloomberg L.P. -- Online Transactions in Securities -- International Aspects of Online Securities Offerings -- Securities and Exchange Commission v. Gold-Ventures Club -- Special Issues in Cyberspace -- Privacy -- Sources of the Right to Privacy -- Common Law Torts for Invasion of Privacy -- Katz v. United States -- Federal Privacy Laws -- Federal Legislation: Credit and Financial Records -- Federal Legislation: Privacy in Personal Financial Information -- Federal Legislation: Privacy in Health and Medical Records -- Privacy Protection for Children from the Collection of Online Personal Information -- In Re DoubleClick Inc., Privacy Litigation -- Privacy and Spam ("Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail") -- Cyber Promotions, Inc., v. America Online, Inc. -- CompuServe, Inc., v. Cyber Promotions -- Workplace Privacy -- Michael A. Smyth v. Pillsbury Company -- Robert Konop v. Hawaiian Airlines -- Global Issues of Privacy in Cyberspace -- Obscenity -- First Amendment Protection: Freedom of Expression -- Miller v. California -- United States v. Thomas -- Government Regulation of Cyberporn -- U.S. v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. -- Child Pornography -- Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union -- Osborne v. Ohio -- Employees' Access to Adult-Oriented Web Sites -- Urosky et al. v. Gilmore -- International Regulation of Obscenity -- Defamation -- The Tort of Defamation -- Defamation in Cyberspace: Slander or Libel? -- Liability of Online and Internet Service Providers for Defamation -- Immunity for Service Providers for Offensive Material -- Zeran v. America Online, Inc. -- Sidney Blumenthal v. Matt Drudge and America Online, Inc. (AOL) -- Anonymous Speech and Defamation -- SLAPP Suits -- International Regulation of Online Defamation -- Ellis v. Time -- Internet and Information Security -- The Challenges of Internet and Information Security -- The Goals of Internet and Information Security -- Universal City Studios, Inc., Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Tristar Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Time Warner Entertainment, Disney Enterprises, Twentieth Century Fox v. Corley -- Junger v. Daley -- Bernstein v. U.S. Department of Commerce -- Kyllo v. United States -- United States v. Scarfo -- Karn v. Department of State -- International Aspects of Internet and Information Security -- Internet and Computer Crime -- The Nature of Computer Crime -- The Role of Computers in Crime: Crimes and Perpetrators -- Crimes Being Committed in Today's Networked Environment -- United States v. Sample -- Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition -- United States v. Morris -- United States v. Czubinski -- United States v. Rothberg -- Corporate Forensics and the Impact of the Internet: Gathering and Preserving Evidence -- International Aspects of Internet Crime.

This exciting book assists aspiring business managers in recognizing the legal issues relevant to maintaining and doing business in an e-commerce world. It covers relevant legal issues, applicable court decisions, federal and state statutes, administrative rulings, legal literature, and ethical considerations relating to Internet law.