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Recent developments of note in the Internet industry. This month:<br>FCC Requires VoIP to Clean up Its 911 Act <br>House Votes to Eliminate Spyware<br>Intermix Settles Adware Suit with Spitzer
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Trademark Law Shapes Internet Pop-up Ads
Despite their negative public images, Internet pop-up ads and unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam) have transfigured marketing. Like spam, Internet pop-ups can be lawful if they are not deceptive.
Confronting and Understanding 'Gripe Sites'
The Internet has provided an unprecedented opportunity for individuals to disseminate information widely at a very low cost. This means that virtually anybody who wants to distribute a message can do so. <br>It is this sense of empowerment that may drive individuals to spend the time and energy to create sites devoted to complaints about a particular product, service, company, organization, or individual. Frequently these sites employ trademarks owned by their targets, sometimes in the site's domain name itself, and always in the text of the site. Internet search engines pick these references up, so that the gripe sites often turn up side-by-side with official corporate sites in response to Internet searches.
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e-Commerce Continues To Rise
Preliminary estimates of first-quarter e-commerce activity from the U.S. Census Bureau show a continued rise in the value of services and goods procured and exchanged online or by other electronic conduits.
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Cooperatives & Condominiums
Recent cases you need to know.
Real Property Law
Recent rulngs of importance to you and your practice.
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