Electronic Commerce & Law Report Index

ICELAND

– Anonymity rights for whistleblowers and media sources, 1001
– BitTorrent injunction upheld, 279

IDENTITY THEFT

– Banking security measures, commercial reasonableness (E.D. Tex.), 164
– Data breach, speculative damages (E.D. Pa.), 417
– Identity management, remedies to legal impediments, 1707
– Malicious online impersonation, Cal. bill, 1296
– Prevention firm, false promises (D. Ariz.), 424
– Red Flags Rule

– – Attorneys, order barring enforcement appealed, 334; enforcement delayed, 894; oral arguments set, 1514
– – “Creditor” definition amendment

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 6420

– – Exemptions proposed

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3416

– – Health groups, enforcement delay request, 172; enforcement delayed, 894

– Risk enhancement due to data breach (9th Cir.), 910
– Social Security number, remedies for failure to redact (S.D. Ind.), 989
– Standing created by theft risk (9th Cir.), 1930

INDIA

– Blackberry services, compliance deadline, 1299; real-time access to messages, 1410

INSURANCE

– CFAA, duty to defend marketer re placement of cookies (8th Cir.), 1216
– Electronic signatures, authentication (E.D.N.Y.), 7
– Plastic surgery site takeover excluded by DMCA advertising insurance policy (M.D. Fla.), 1863
– TCPA, advertising injury coverage (Fla.), 239

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

– Copyrights

See COPYRIGHTS

– Patents

See PATENTS

– Trade secrets

See TRADE SECRETS

– Trademarks

See TRADEMARKS

INTERNET GOVERNANCE

– Addressing protocol, global adoption rate, 604
– Consumer constituency proposed, 181
– Generic top-level domains

– – Brand enforcement costs, 402
– – .br domain registration, 1621
– – .cn domain registration

– – – GoDaddy to stop registering names, 522
– – – New requirements, BNA Insights, 444

– – Colombia, registration of .co, 493
– – Cross-ownership between registries and registrars, 1737
– – ICANN draft applicant guidebook revised, 932; final version expected, 1603; final proposal released, 1737; Board vote expected, 1792; insufficient protection, WIPO official says, 1837; WIPO member concern over review, 1838
– – Preregistration of interest, 299; program abandoned, 427
– – Program vote delayed, ICANN, 1857
– – Protections, brand owners comment, 572
– – .xxx rejection reviewed, 288; further consideration promised, 427; process options published, 535

– Hot topics, ICANN web forum, 896
– ICANN board openings, 402
– Intellectual property enforcement, strategic plan, 1063; stakeholder comments, 1440
– Internet Governance Forum, UN control, 773
– Review teams to measure ICANN objectives, 68
– Root zone file governance, 180
– Whois

– – Abuse study, researchers sought, 896
– – Accuracy, 305
– – Policy review, 644
– – Registrant reporting requirements, 853

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS (ISPs)

– ACTA liability

See TREATIES, subheading: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

– Arbitration clause in terms of service inconspicuous, unenforceable (D. Mont.), 1761
– Australia, ISP authorization of piracy (FCA), 205; appeal, 331; oral argument, 1253
– Canada, conduits are not broadcasters (Fed. Ct. App.), 1124
– Child pornography, ISP status as government agent (4th Cir.), 953
– Communications Decency Act (CDA)

See COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT (CDA)

– Copyright infringement monitoring, 1440
– Counterterrorism investigation, disclosure (S.D.N.Y.), 563
– Discovery

– – Expedited disclosure of subscriber data (S.D. Cal.), 1699
– – Improper release of subscriber information (Ga. Super. Ct.), 1643

– E-mail, privacy rights for server copies (11th Cir.), 543; qualified immunity for state official, 1128
– Early termination fees

– – Cal. liquidated damages (9th Cir.), 1465
– – Conscionability (W.D. Wash.), 234
– – Unlawful penalty (D. Idaho), 552

– File sharing, identification of BitTorrent users (D.D.C.), 1655
– France, VAT rate increase, 1526
– Germany, user data retention (OLG), 1135
– Ireland, ISP termination of access for file sharing (H. Ct.), 1571
– Lawful-intercept requirements, compliance costs, 1149
– Rogue ISP enjoined from business (N.D. Cal.), 836
– Safe harbor, ISP infringement knowledge (2d Cir.), 1867
– S.D., identification of users for libel suits, 248
– Spam

See SPAM

– Spyware hosting, opportunity for defense (N.D. Cal.), 282
– Termination of service, enforceability of exculpatory clause (3d Cir.), 160
– UK

See UNITED KINGDOM (UK)

IRELAND

– Data breach notifications, code of practice for private sector, 1153
– File sharing, ISP termination of access (H. Ct.), 1571

ISPs

See INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS (ISPs)

ISRAEL

– Banking, social media privacy concerns, 1298

ITALY

– Advertising, Google dominance investigation, 433
– Antitrust, Microsoft claims against Google, 398; revenue sharing disclosures, 891
– Conduct code for internet, 890
– Defamation, Google executive liability, closing arguments, 13; decision, 634
– Foreign file sharing, reasons for ISP blocking, BNA Insights, 1013