Science, Computers and Technology Law

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E-Burglary: Protecting Your Computer Data While Avoiding Lawsuits

In the not-too-distant past industrial espionage consisted of photocopying and carting out files. Identity theft, a rare crime until recent years, happened when someone's wallet was stolen by a pickpocket. The computer and the Internet have ...
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E-Business: Navigating The Internet Patent Minefield

The Internet has been with us since the 1960s. However, the common perception is that it was born with the introduction of the World Wide Web. Indeed, the Web brought the Internet to the masses, much as Microsoft Windows brought the personal ...
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E-Commerce & Ontario Real Estate Practice

Real estate lawyers in the Province of Ontario, Canada have been legislated to search and complete purchase, sale, mortgage, and other transactions on-line. Electronic searching is already in place (with some limitations), and electronic ...
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E-Commerce Privacy, the Ever-Evolving Issues

Until recently business owners have had limited reason to consider an individual's right of e-commerce and Internet-use privacy. But now privacy issues are rapidly moving to the forefront of e-commerce policy and Internet-use considerations because ...
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E-Commerce Trading Vehicles

I. Introduction For a U.S. manufacturer of tangible consumer products that wishes to begin selling its products worldwide through the Internet, the tax considerations generally are the same as those raised by a more traditional marketing program ...
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E-Commerce Update: February/March 2000

The United States Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce (the Commission) was created in 1998 under Public Law 105-277, the Internet Tax Freedom Act. The Commission is composed of three federal officials, eight state and local ...
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E-Commerce Update: July 1999

Robust competition for domain name services will soon be a reality. Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI) had until recently been the only provider of domain name registration services for open generic top-level domains (gTLDs), such as .com, .net and ...
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E-Discovery: Cutting to the Paper-less Chase: What to Do Upon Notice of Claim

The age of electronic discovery is here to stay. In today's business world, 90% of all information is in digital form. If you are faced with having to respond to a subpoena or have notice of a potential claim, consider the following to help guide ...
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E-Mail at the Workplace: I Spy, Should I?

A version of this article appeared in , March 1998 o snoop or not to snoop, that is the question when it comes to dealing with electronic mail in the workplace. For some employers, it may seem distasteful or an invasion of privacy to monitor ...
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E-Mail Fraud And The “Dirty Dozen”

The SAXLAW Report Spring/Summer 1999At least once in your life you have to be taken in some sort of scam. Whether it is that chain letter, or free cruise, the consumer has to protect him/herself. Fraud has now moved past the telemarketing era, and ...
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