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You Need To Protect Your E-commerce Business From Data Breach Liability

You Need To Protect Your E-commerce Business From Data Breach Liability

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Protecting Your E-Commerce Business From Data Breach Liability Data breaches pose a significant risk to e-commerce companies. Although the internet has opened up an entirely new world, allowing entrepreneurs to make money online from the comfort of their own homes, it has also opened up potential serious new hazards of which all companies should be […]

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Cybersquatting and Domain Name Disputes | Internet Lawyers

Cybersquatting and Domain Name Disputes | Internet Lawyers

Cybersquatting Lawyer

What is cybersquatting? Cybersquatting, as defined by the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1125(d)): is the registration, trafficking in, or use of a domain name that is either identical or confusingly similar to a distinctive trademark or is confusingly similar to or dilutive of a famous trademark. In simpler terms, cybersquatting occurs where one […]

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Laches as a UDRP Defense

Laches as a UDRP Defense

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Before 2013, a UDRP case had never been decided solely on laches. That is, until Laminex, Inc. v. Yan Smith, a case involving a domain dispute over theidshop.com, in which panel did not even consider the case on the merits. What is Laches?   Laches is a concept from the law of equity. The laches […]

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Buying an E-commerce Business

Buying an E-commerce Business

E-Commerce Lawyer

E-commerce businesses can range from ones operated by experienced online retailers to relative newcomers operating a store as a side project to earn passive income. No matter what camp you fall into, if you’re interested in the e-commerce world, you may have considered purchasing a monetized website or already operating e-commerce business. This gives purchasers […]

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Terms of Use Agreements for Crowdfunding Portals

Terms of Use Agreements for Crowdfunding Portals

Crowdfunding Lawyer

  The rise of the sharing economy and websites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and GoFundMe have led to the expansion of crowdfunding portals across the internet. Oftentimes, these businesses are centered around a niche area or serve to advance a social cause. Even if these businesses are serving altruistic goals, many times the entities are for-profit […]

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