Electronic Commerce & Law Report Index

TAXATION

– Airlines, Mexican tourism tax exemptions (9th Cir.), 57
– Argentina, sales tax collection required for online retailers and auctions, 1773
– Ariz., affiliate-nexus legislation, 341
– Bluetooth licensing and standards project is not exempt (9th Cir.), 1078
– Cal. budget package, 303
– Cloud computing opportunities and complications, BNA Insights, 1235
– Colorado

– – Affiliate marketing, Amazon drops participants, 365; rule implementation, 436; Amazon accused of retaliation, 437; Direct Marketing Ass'n challenges law (D. Colo.), 1077
– – Retailer sales tax obligation, 1875
– – Software, tangible personal property definition, 389

– Cybercrime, Microsoft official proposes tax, 438
– Denmark, errors in returns for internet businesses, 1051
– Digital goods and services, report to Cong., 476; further action, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5649
– E-filing, antitrust claims (3rd Cir.), 370
– EU, VAT effect on e-commerce declarations, 647
– Florida

– – Sales tax, software licenses, 1271
– – Task force recommendations, 390

– France, patent exploitation and internet services, 1526
– Ga., emergency rule guides sellers in sales tax exemptions, 1835
– Gambling

– – House hearings, 817
– – Regulation and taxation

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2267, HR 4976, S 3018

– Haw. high technology tax credits, 1713
– Hotel occupancy taxes

– – California

– – – Anaheim contingency fee counsel (Cal. Ct. App.), 56; judgment for city overturned (Cal. Super. Ct.), 213
– – – San Diego back taxes (Cal. Super. Ct.), 1357

– – Fla., discovery, motion to compel (S.D. Fla.), 125; class certification, 518; proposed master settlement agreement, 1253
– – Ga., assessment on total room cost (Ga. Super. Ct.), 1252
– – Mo., levy on difference between wholesale and marked-up prices (Mo. Cir. Ct.), 1395
– – New York

– – – Constitutional challenge (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 337; upheld, 1607
– – – Guidance re assessment on total room cost, 1322

– – Ohio, expert witnesses (N.D. Ohio), 383; judgment for travel company on collecting and remitting taxes, 1768
– – Overpayment, retention by travel firm (Del. Super. Ct.), 518
– – Pa., Philadelphia ruling in favor of Expedia, 304
– – S.C. settlement (D.S.C.), 1608
– – Tenn., class certification (M.D. Tenn.), 714
– – Tex., Houston, dismissal of claims (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 123

– Illinois

– – Affiliate-nexus legislation, 531
– – Cigarette taxes, online vendor liability (7th Cir.), 1437
– – Downloaded data exemption, 535
– – Ticket resales

– – – Collection responsibility certified to state supreme court (7th Cir.), 1514
– – – eBay is not “seller's agent” (N.D. Ill.), 17

– Ind., digital credit reports, tangible personal property, 402
– Internet services

– – AT&T wireless data plans, class settlement (N.D. Ill.), 1285
– – Ill. moratorium, 1271
– – Mandate at federal level, 253
– – Sales tax by states, 77

– IRS

– – Cloud computing, security risks, 1706
– – Software certification for privacy and accuracy, 1003

– Journalists, credits proposed by FTC, 927
– Jurisdiction

– – Physical presence requirement debated

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1083

– – Tobacco products (W.D.N.Y.), 1251

– La., digital media tax credit, 1674
– Mo., software sales, 1624
– Neb., site hosting and design, 490
– New York

– – Advertising services online, exemption, 490
– – Data security tax, 81
– – Sales tax collection by online retailers (N.Y. App. Div.), 1691
– – Software and financial data, online sales, 1292

– North Carolina

– – Audits, disclosure of Amazon.com book buyer names (W.D. Wash.), 1645
– – Corporate incentives, lack standing to challenge (N.C. Ct. App.), 287
– – Digital goods sales tax, 101; clarification, 437
– – Personal information about Amazon purchasers (W.D. Wash.), 669; ACLU seeks to intervene, 1044
– – Transactions Resolution Program, 685

– Notification of sales tax, 1147
– Pa., e-service exempt from sales tax collection, In Brief, 1843
– RICO, cigarette sales by out-of-state vendors (U.S., rvs and rem), 124
– Spain, electronic equipment taxes (ECJ), 1615
– Streamlined Sales Tax

– – Affiliate nexus legislation, task force letter, 184
– – Ark. noncompliance, 1589
– – Certified service providers designated, 1004
– – Collection authority strategy from new president, 183
– – Congressional legislation, 570
– – Federal proposal, 726; further action, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5660
– – Ga. petition for associate membership, 1674
– – Governing Board agenda, 1545; delay in action, 1622
– – Internet transactions, federal action, 304
– – Paging services, single rate, 894
– – Public comment period, 1412
– – Small-seller exception, testimony scheduled, 1412; adoption, 1741
– – Telecommunications, draft amendment, 601; no significant progress, 1191
– – Uncollected internet sales tax projections, 1147
– – Vendor compensation amendment, 1323

– Telecommuting, state barriers to federal policy, BNA Insights, 1326
– Vermont

– – Digital products, 353; clarification, 1624
– – Sales and use tax regulations conformed to Streamlined Sales Tax Agreement, 1836

– Washington

– – Data transmission services (Wash. Ct. App.), 425
– – Electronic products, exemptions, 726
– – Excise Tax Advisory for digital products issued, In Brief, 1942

– Wireless tax moratorium

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1521

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

– Broadband

See BROADBAND

– Cellular phones

See WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

– China, forced telecommunications cooperation for leaks, 721
– Cybersecurity, FCC proposals, 347
– EU Digital Agenda Commissioner targets telecoms, 1835
– Germany, data retention (BVerfG), 376
– Global demand, ITU report, 1627
– Lobbying spending, 1357
– N.Y., caller ID “spoofing” bill, 440
– Software patents, counterclaims for anticipation (Fed. Cir.), 1133
– Streamlined Sales Tax, draft amendment, 601
– Telemarketing, robocalling (N.D. Ill.), 518
– VoIP

– – Local exchange carrier interconnection agreement (9th Cir.), 1657
– – Patent claims (Fed. Cir.), 668

TELEPHONE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT (TCPA)

– Insurance, advertising injury coverage (Fla.), 239
– Text message is “call” under Act (N.D. Ill.), 551; BNA Insights, 968

TELEVISION

– Antitrust, investigation urged for “TV Everywhere,” 19; criticism, 173
– Cable-TV companies, telecoms, and ISPs demand re-opening ACTA negotiations, 1776
– CDA immunity, station website visitor comments (S.D. Miss.), 1373
– Comcast/NBC merger, FTC comment period, 483; hearing, 1141; ownership, diversity, and governance concerns, 1142
– Comcast online movie delivery fee, FCC seeks more information, 1828
– DVDs

See MOTION PICTURES

– DVR patent claims

– – Microsoft claims against TiVo (N.D. Cal.), 127
– – TiVo claims against EchoStar (Fed. Cir.), 838

– Lobbying spending, 1357
– Must carry rules (U.S., rev sought), 197
– Olympics, delivery of video content, 571
– Retransmission consent

– – Fox-Cablevision impasse, 1626; submission of documents to FCC, 1664
– – Kerry (D-Mass) proposal, 1625

– Sling player on AT&T network, 212
– Software copyright infringement, open source code distribution (S.D.N.Y.), 1215
– Spain, YouTube not content provider, 1462
– “White spaces,” FCC order, 1442

TEXT MESSAGES

– Employee right to privacy, Analysis & Perspective, 26; (U.S., rev grant), 333; (amicus brief filed), 527; (oral arg), 620; (rev and rem), 983
– Mass., harm to minors law (Mass.), 374
– N.J., unsolicited advertising message ban, 954
– Pornography transmission (Mass. Super. Ct.), 422
– Price fixing (N.D. Ill.), 751
– TCPA, text is “call” under Act (N.D. Ill.), 551; BNA Insights, 968

THEFT

– CFAA liability for extortion using stolen data (S.D. Ind.), 90
– Trade secrets, Goldman Sachs trading software source code (S.D.N.Y.), 1389

TORTS

– Business idea misappropriation (N.D. Cal.), 1349
– Conversion

See CONVERSION

– Database unauthorized use, misappropriation and interference (S.D.N.Y.), 1467
– Defamation

See DEFAMATION

– Loss of chance, wireless subscriber location data (10th Cir.), 831

TRADE SECRETS

– China, censoring software, copyright and trade secrets suit (C.D. Cal.), 57
– Confidentiality requirement (2d Cir.), 799
– Director liability for misappropriation, BNA Insights, 777
– Misappropriation, investigation costs (N.D. Ill.), 1289
– Passwords, value is in secrecy (N.D. Cal.), 990
– Software

– – Ambiguities re version at issue (N.D. Cal.), 1383
– – Goldman Sachs trading source code (S.D.N.Y.), 1389
– – Wrongful acquisition of source code (Cal. Ct. App.), 710

– Work for hire, copyright application of developer (9th Cir.), 597

TRADEMARKS

– Application, image of goods associated with mark (Fed. Cir.), 16
– Blogs, relevance to confusion analysis (D. Del.), 1218
– Bulk provision of PTO data, 931
– Cell phone, Nexus One mark denied, 487
– China, counterfeiting health and safety issues, 999
– Classical music (S.D.N.Y.), 245
– Commercial transaction and lack of confusion (E.D. Cal.), 421
– Commercial use

– – Intent to achieve celebrity status (S.D. Ind.), 1348
– – Standing (7th Cir.), 1508

– Contributory claims, support of knockoff sales (S.D.N.Y.), 1075
– Costs of infringement, comments requested, 342
– Cybersquatting

See CYBERSQUATTING

– Damages, notice of user behavior (N.D. Cal.), 506
– Dilution, use of term with dictionary meaning (9th Cir.), 1073
– Discovery, indexes with large disclosure (T.T.A.B.), 1385
– DMCA counter-notice protections not applicable (N.D. Cal.), 794
– Domains

See DOMAIN NAMES

– eBay

– – EU, liability for counterfeit goods repeated violations, 1879
– – US, liability for counterfeit goods (2d Cir.), 546; BNA Insights, 688

– Enforcement, Obama strategic plan, 1063
– Facebook

– – “Community Pages,” 846
– – Teachbook.com infringement suit (N.D. Cal.), 1396

– Fair use in domain to indicate sales of brand (9th Cir.), 1073
– France

See FRANCE

– Generic terms

– – Evidentiary procedure necessary to determine (N.D. Cal.), 1186
– – Scope of infringing combinations (D. Ariz.), 877

– Impact of 2010 midterm elections, 1705
– Jurisdiction

See JURISDICTION

– Keyword advertising

See ADVERTISING

– Naked license created, lack of quality control (9th Cir.), 1804
– Name change, mark not abandoned (D. Minn.), 562
– Preliminary injunctions, BNA Insights, 1164
– Social media

– – Protection of marks, BNA Insights, 1488
– – Search service, 927

– Software

See SOFTWARE

– Sports fansite infringement (S.D. Ohio), 1439
– Task force on Intellectual Property, DOJ creates, 246
– Technological impact, 1482
– Trade dress

– – Deliberate mimicking of website (W.D. Pa.), 795
– – Pleadings, specificity (N.D. Cal.), 796

– 2009 year in review, 37
– Video, meta tags on YouTube (C.D. Cal.), 1463
– Web hosting and design company, counterfeit merchandise sale liability (D.S.C.), 1862

TRAVEL INDUSTRY

– Airlines, Mexican tourism tax exemptions (9th Cir.), 57
– Hotels

See HOTELS

– Online companies, fraudulently retaining excess taxes and service fees class claim (S.D.N.Y.), 1765
– Tax underpayment by online companies, plaintiff town to produce documents (N.D. Ill.), 1813

TREATIES

– Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

– – Cable-TV companies, telecoms, and ISPs demand re-opening negotiations, 1776
– – Eighth-round negotiations, comments, 643; consolidated draft released, 657; European Parliament finds provisions unacceptable, 721
– – Eleventh-round negotiations begin, 1478
– – EU, stakeholders conference, 487
– – Fair use, Doyle (D-Pa) urges exemptions, 96
– – Final text hoped for, 965; final draft, 1533; trademark and patent language lacking, 1630; final text released, 1739; final text, implementation urged, 1776
– – Impact on U.S. law, lack of transparency criticized, 62; USTR response, 393
– – Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator role, 566
– – ISP liability, 393; liability removed in leaked draft, 1401
– – Leaked draft heightens concerns, 486
– – Netherlands

– – – Ministries call for comment, 1146
– – – Public misunderstanding stakeholder consultation, 1401

– – New Zealand lobbying group, fair use, 602
– – Progress claimed in latest round of talks, 1085
– – Stakeholder conference, 257
– – Telecoms criticism of ACTA in EU, 182
– – Tenth-round negotiations, agenda, 1291; possible inclusion of patent protections, 1321; eleventh round contemplated, 1400
– – Terms approved, 1825
– – Three-strikes policy, EU privacy rights concerns, 298; Parliament insists policy not be included, 432
– – Transparency, Wyden (D-Or) urges clear objectives, 63; proposal of process, 138; music stakeholders criticize process, 920; law professors criticize process, 1666; computer groups criticize process, 1666

– Berne Convention

– – Google Book settlement, analysis, 809
– – Registration requirement, copyright (S.D.N.Y.), 114

TRESPASS

– Ghost lore on website not basis for inducement claim (Ohio Ct. App.), 53
– Google street view, lack of damages (3d Cir.), 166; (U.S., rev den), 1537