Electronic Commerce & Law Report Index

JAPAN

– Antitrust, Yahoo Japan and Google business tie-up agreement, 1229; Japan Fair Trade Comm'n may reconsider, 1268; internet shopping site objections, 1629; ad rates soar, JFTC probe, 1832
– Consumer protection rule revisions proposed, 1399
– File sharing, “3 strikes” proposal, 1631
– Internet cash issuers, required reserves, 685

JOURNAL

– Ed. Note: A list of upcoming conferences and meetings is included at the end of each issue.

JURIES

– Access to internet, juror influence, 1378
– Cybersquatting, mark use and confusion (N.D. Fla.), 1513
– Social networking, juror connection to litigant (W. Va.), 948

JURISDICTION

– Abstention on declaratory judgment motion (4th Cir.), 557
– Aggregate of in-forum contacts (N.Y. App.), 244
– Blogs

See BLOGS

– Boycott messages, sufficient contacts (7th Cir.), 589
– Copyrights

– – Anonymous post of newspaper article (D. Nev.), 1695
– – Approval of registration after infringement claim (9th Cir.), 879
– – N.Y., location of harm, question certified (2d Cir.), 991
– – Unregistered works (U.S., rvs and rem), 378; pending collateral issues, 534

– Cybersquatting

See CYBERSQUATTING

– Defamation

See DEFAMATION

– Diversity, amount in controversy (D. Haw.), 1315
– DMCA takedown notice not meaningful contact (D. Me.), 59; affirmed, 284
– Domains, quasi in rem (9th Cir.), 324
– E-mail

– – Messages about dispute (D. Minn.), 120
– – Securities offers (Mass.), 1222

– Forum selection clauses

See FORUM SELECTION

– Offer to sell domain, registration of users (E.D. Ky.), 806
– Oral contract (W.D. Pa.), 384
– Photographs, viewing insufficiently interactive (D. Colo.), 58
– Sales to 50 states (E.D. Tenn.), 763
– Sex offender registry, no targeting of out-of-state forum (W.D. Pa.), 384
– Tobacco product sales restrictions (W.D.N.Y.), 1251
– Trademarks

– – Business transactions (S.D.N.Y.), 840
– – Express aiming of domain name and website (7th Cir.), 1536
– – Local service, website did not target out-of-state residents (D. Md.), 1183
– – Online sales into state (2d Cir.), 1250
– – Wine shipment not purposeful contact (E.D. Wis.), 470

– UK, hate speech hosted in U.S. (A.C.), 244
– Venue, abusive foreign litigation (8th Cir.), 671
– Web presence

– – Advertising efforts and revenues (7th Cir.), 1507
– – Audience access of gripe site (D. Mass.), 1387
– – Commercial interaction (D. Mass.), 1574
– – Contact form (Tex. App.), 635
– – Criticism of cat breeder on gripe site (8th Cir.), 1249
– – Customer list (N.D. Iowa), 762
– – Cybersquatting, sufficient contacts with U.S. (D.D.C.), 559
– – Drop-down menu containing forum state (D. Minn.), 424
– – Executive knowledge of web sales (D.N.J.), 555
– – Fake blog and LinkedIn account (D. Utah), 1351
– – Forum comments and sales (D. Idaho), 715
– – Hospital, website does not confer general jurisdiction (1st Cir.), 554
– – Hotel injury unrelated to website (Cal. Ct. App.), 560
– – Ill. cigarette taxes, online vendor liability (7th Cir.), 1437
– – Information-only features (D. Kan.), 806
– – Keyword stuffing (N.D. Cal.), 1221
– – N.Y., availability of site (N.D.N.Y.), 564
– – Orders, minimal sales (D. Md.), 243
– – PayPal processing (N.D. Tex.), 1438
– – Post-complaint sale to plaintiff representative (La. Ct. App.), 670
– – Streaming radio content (S.D. Fla.), 1576
– – Subscribers to web site insufficient for general jurisdiction (W.D. Ky.), 208
– – Targeting of competitor in forum (9th Cir.), 950
– – Unauthorized use of business software (D. Md.), 1387
– – Web filter company, no sales capability (S.D. Ohio), 841
– – Zippo interactivity scale, 1565

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT (DOJ)

– Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property team expanded, 722
– Copyright and counterfeit enforcement

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3804

– Counterterrorism investigation, disclosure (S.D.N.Y.), 563
– Task Force on Intellectual Property formed, 246