INTERNET LAW, TECHNOLOGY, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY UPDATES
LEGAL NEWSBNA's Internet Law News Daily digest by Professor Michael Geist of legal news stories worldwide, with links to full text
Law.com Daily digest of legal news stories in the U.S. (from newspapers and journals of American Lawyer Media) with links to full textFindlaw's Legal News Legal news provided by Reuters and Findlaw, updated day and night, and covering the following topics: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Justice Department, Intellectual Property, Cyberspace Law, Telecommunications, Criminal Law, Business Litigation, European Union, Asia, Other International, special categories such as Microsoft Antitrust case, and the Weather
INTERNET LAW BitLaw Daniel A. Tysver 's "[C]omprehensive Internet resource on technology law, containing over 1,800 pages on patent, copyright, trademark, and Internet legal issues"The Cyberlaw Encyclopedia Alan M. Gahtan's comprehensive links to cyberlaw resources
Internet Case Digest Perkins Coie's comprehensive collection of electronic commerce and Internet law resources, including links to most, if not all, Internet law cases
Internet Library Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon's annotated links to intellectual property and cyberlaw cases
Oppedahl & Larson Patent Law Web Server Numerous articles by Oppedahl & Larson on Internet law and intellectual property
INTERNET LAW, TECHNOLOGY, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY UPDATES
Bytes in Brief Monthly updates from the law firm of Nelson & Wolfe and Sensei Enterprises, Inc., a web site development and computer consulting company
Computer Law Tip of the Week Weekly tips from Mark Grossman
News.com Daily technology news from C/NET
U.S. Copyright Office Detailed explanation of copyright law, with downloadable forms
U.S. Copyright Act Text of Title 17 U.S. Code with amendments through end of second session of 106th Congress in 2000
U.S. Copyright Office "Designation by Service Provider of Agent for Notification of Claims of Infringement" Information regarding Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation provisions of Digital Millennium Copyright Act, including the interim regulations, suggested formats for filing an Interim Designation (or an Amended Designation), and access to the Copyright Office's directory of agents.
U.S. Copyright Office Search Copyright Office records of materials registered for copyright since January 1978
European Union Copyright Directive (Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the hamonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, implementing the WIPO Copyright Treaty and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty)
Council of Europe Cybercrime Treaty For text of (and other information regarding) treaty, click on Convention on Cybercrime, ETS No. 185 (23/11/01)
DOJ Field Guidance Memorandum on USA Patriot Act Link from EPIC (Need Adobe Acrobat plug-in to view)
Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities SANS Institute and National Infrastructure Protection Center list
ICANN Home page
ICANNWatch Professor Michael Froomkin's resource for history and news about ICANN
ICANN'S Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy Information and links to documents, dispute resolution service providers, and decisions
UDRPlaw.net Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Legal Information Site created by Patrick L. Jones as a "one-stop resource for individuals interested in staying on top of the ever changing world of domain names, Internet law, and trademark law"
Sam Spade.org Whois, IP block search, and Traceroute tool
SAEGIS Thomson & Thomson's Web site includes a sophisticated domain name look-up service
USPTO Examination Guideline 2-99 Trademark Examination Guideline for trademarks composed, in whole or in part, of domain names
Domain Name Registries Around the World Links to domain name registries
UDRP Search Engines
ICANN search full-text by word
Univ. of Massachusetts Center for Information & Dispute Resolution, Univ. Of Colorado Conflict Resolution Information Source, Univ. Of Pittsburgh University Center for International Studies search full-text by phrase
Domain Name Law Reports search by phrase and some topics
E-SIGN (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act)--for text of the Act, search Thomas (see below) for Pub. L. No. 106-229 (2000)
UETA (Uniform Electronic Transactions Act)
UCITA (Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act)
European Union Electronic Signatures Directive (Need Adobe Acrobat plug-in to view)
European Union E-Commerce Directive
Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations U.S. Department of Justice, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, Jan. 2001
Wayback Machine Digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form" created by The Internet Archive, with Alexa Internet
Information Law Articles Susan Gindin's articles on various privacy issues
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act regulations Link to FTC Regulations (16 C.F.R. Part 312) implementing the Act
European Union Data Protection Directive Unofficial text of the EU's privacy directive
Safe Harbor U.S. Department of Commerce Safe Harbor website
Standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries (15 June 2001) Link to European Commission decision containing standard contractual clauses for transfer of data to third countries
Standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors (subcontractors) established in non-EU countries (27 December 2001) Link to European Commission decision containing standard contractual clauses for processors
European Union Telecoms Data Protection Directive Link to EC Directive 97/66/EC - On The Processing of Personal Data And the Protection of Privacy In The Telecommunications Sector
Gramm-Leach-Bliley: Frequently Asked Questions for the Privacy Regulation Federal Trade Commission guidance on complying with the privacy provision (sections 502-509) of the GLB Act
Get Noticed: Effective Financial Privacy Notices Conference Presentations & Supporting Documents of Interagency Public Workshop (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Dept. of Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Dept. Of Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision, FDIC, FTC, Nat'l Credit Union Administration, SEC), Dec. 4, 2001: "The workshop addressed the challenges of and strategies for providing effective notice under the GLB Act."
HIPAA Privacy Regulations U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' guidance and links to text of various regulations issued under privacy provisions of Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996
The Privacy Page Comprehensive privacy resource by Electronic Privacy Information Center and Privacy International, with links to recent articles on privacy issues
Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) Excellent collection of privacy resources from CDT, a non-profit public interest group developed to advance civil liberties in light of new technologies
Electronic Frontier Foundation Comprehensive resource for free speech, encryption, and privacy information from EFF, a non-profit civil liberties organization
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Numerous publications by PRC which provide in-depth information on informational privacy issues, as well as practical tips on protecting personal privacy
Privacy Foundation Comprehensive privacy resource by Privacy Foundation including helpful legal database of privacy cases
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Links to various documents, including Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and Commissioner's Findings of how the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act applies to the management of personal information by organizations
CyberSecurities Law by Blake Bell
TRADEMARKS
USPTO Examination Guideline 2-99 Trademark Examination Guideline for trademarks composed, in whole or in part, of domain names
USPTO Web Trademark Database U.S. Patent & Trademark Office's useful database of registered and pending trademarks (but see the PTO's disclaimer regarding the database's limitations)
Canadian Trade-mark Data Canadian Intellectual Property Office's useful database of registered and pending trademarks (but see the CIPO's disclaimer regarding searching limitations)
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office's TEAS - the Trademark Electronic Application System Online trademark filing system
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office's TARR Online trademark application status information
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Decisions TTAB decisions from December 1996, provided by Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
SAEGIS: Thomson & Thomson's Internet version of its Trademarkscan databases Included are U.S. federal and state registration databases, and registration databases for Austria, the Benelux countries, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the International Register.
U.S. Trademark Office: Basic Facts About Registering a Trademark Helpful information regarding trademark registration
The Trade Secrets Home Page of R. Mark Halligan, Esq. Comprehensive coverage of trade secrets by R. Mark HalliganThe Link Controversy Page Stefan Bechtold's overview of the legal problems of using hyperlinks, inline images and frames on the Web
Guide to E-Mail and the Internet in the Workplace Excerpt of Susan Gindin's publication on legal issues which can arise as a result of workplace Internet use, including questions regarding e-mail, workplace Internet use, off-site Internet activity, information security, record-keeping, telecommutingSearching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations U.S. Department of Justice, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, Jan. 2001 (In particular, see Section I.D. Special Case: Workplace Searches)
Findlaw Comprehensive searchable index of legal resources, news & reference material, law schools, law firms, organizations, online seminars, law reviewsCornell Law School Legal Information Institute Outstanding site containing primary source documents, including the U.S. Code, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence
GPO Access U.S. Government Printing Office site which provides searchable databases of the U.S. Code, the Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations, the Congressional Record, in addition to the Federal Bulletin Board and the Government Information Locator Service
Hieros Gamos More than 30,000 links to practice area resources, discussion groups, doing business guides, online seminars, law reviews, and to over 6000 legal organizations including every government in the world
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet The Library of Congress' popular (over 400,000 files accessed daily) searchable database of full-text U.S. House and Senate bills and the Congressional Record
Spamlaws.com David E. Sorkin's Spam Laws, a comprehensive summary of state, federal, and international laws and legislation regulating unsolicited electronic mail
USA Patriot Act CDT links to final version of the Act, and to Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe "redlines" of changes made to ECPA, FISA, the Communications Act, the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, and other changes made by the USA Patriot Act
AltaVista Translation Service Translates Web pages from English to Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and vice versa
European Union's Europa Legislation, Commission decisions, Treaties, Case law, Press Releases from the European Union
European Union Internet Resources UC Berkeley's comprehensive EU site
Findlaw Comprehensive searchable index of international legal resources
LegalMinds Archives of over 100 Internet discussion lists of interest to the legal community; searchable as well as browsable by author, date, and discussion threadLaw Lists Lyonette Louis-Jacques' exhaustive list of listservs and Usenet groups related to law
ONLINE PERIODICALS WHICH MAKE ALL (OR MUCH) CONTENT AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE
CNET: The Computer Network Daily Internet and computer news
Law Library Resource Exchange Articles on Internet, technology, and research topics; numerous reviews of useful Web sites; annotated lists of articles on computer and Internet topics from computer and business publications; and links to library and technology-related resources
New York Times on the Web Daily coverage of the Internet, computer, and information technology, along with The New York Times Navigator, a guide to the Internet
University Law Review Project Comprehensive collection of law reviews, by Findlaw, the Coalition of Online Journals, Verity, the Australasian Legal Information Institute, Inherent, Cornell's Legal Information Institute, Stanford, and others
David J. Loundy's law article list
AnyWho Address & telephone information on businesses and people; includes search by telephone number; and in addition, provides addresses and telephone numbers of neighbors
InfoSpace Search by telephone number or address to retrieve corresponding person or business
KnowX Comprehensive source of public records (including state corporate and limited partnership records; UCC, liens, judgments, bankruptcy records and lawsuits)--basic information is free; detailed information is available for a per-record fee
MapBlast! Area maps which pinpoint requested addresses
SuperPages.com 16 million U.S. yellow page listings
Switchboard Address & telephone information on 11 million businesses and 106 million households; some e-mail addresses
Counsel Quest Lawyer's Reference Quest Larry H. Corbet, Jr.'s excellent list of legal references, foreign-language dictionaries, words, quotes, & phrases, reference maps, and more
New York Times Business Connections Guide to business resources, which includes markets, investing, companies, banking & finance, government, business news, and business directories
The Virtual Chase: A Research Site for Legal Professionals Genie Tyburski's articles and links to legal resources, company information, news sources, and general reference Web sites
Whatis?com Comprehensive resource for defining computer terms and acronyms
Findlaw's Legal Practice Information & Materials: Forms Links to Internet sites containing legal forms of all types
Currency Converter by OANDA Inc.
yourDictionary.com Links to 300+ online foreign language dictionaries
Wayback Machine Digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form" created by The Internet Archive, with Alexa Internet
