by Gary Nissenbaum | Feb 10, 2012 | Internet Law Blog
With the advent of technology and massive use of social networking forums, it is only a matter of time before electronic service of process starts replacing the traditional methods of service of process.Recently, a Judge in Minnesota was faced with the challenge of...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Nov 23, 2011 | Internet Law Blog
With the increasing use of digital books and online services to browse, read and buy books, it has become essential to have state laws that safeguard readers. Digital books now outsell paperbacks, and the popularity of e-readers in constantly growing.The digital book...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Oct 24, 2011 | Internet Law Blog
Can a company that has an office in New York sue an Arizona company in the New York Courts solely on the basis that the Arizona company allegedly infringed upon the New York company’s copyright?In a recent decision, the Court of Appeals of New York considered this...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Oct 19, 2011 | Internet Law Blog
For the first time in almost sixty years, patent law is receiving a major update.On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the “Act”), providing the most significant change to patent law since the Patent Act of 1952. The Act...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Sep 30, 2011 | Internet Law Blog
The legal concept of invasion of privacy by false light could end up leaving the music network MTV in the dark.In Savely v. MTV Music Television, the Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey denied MTV’s motion to dismiss a suit filed by a street...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Sep 30, 2011 | Internet Law Blog
Entrepreneurs and small business owners beware.In December 2010, President Obama signed into law the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (“ROSCA” or the “Act”), Pub. L. No. 111-345, 124 Stat. 3618 (2010). In effect, the new law tries to live up to its name...
