E-Commerce Law

Blueprint for Wealth and Starting an Internet Business

My colleague, Wayne Zell, hosts Blueprint for Wealth on Federal News Radio (1500AM and 820AM in the D.C. Metro Area) on Saturdays at 10:00 a.m.  He also appears regularly on television to provide information about estate planning and asset protection and writes a legal column for the Washington Business Journal.

Now, he's started the Blueprint for Wealth blog. The blog is already full of content, including archives of his radio show dating back to 2007, videos of his television appearances, and a selection of his Washington Business Journal columns.  In addition to this material, the Blueprint for Wealth blog will provide new content each week.

In the video below, Wayne provides some great advice on starting a business, whether that business is a Internet business or a traditional brick and mortar establishment.

 

As you may recall, we addressed some of the licensing requirements for starting an Internet business a few years ago.  Wayne's advice is just as useful but broader in scope.

Legal Issues Involved in Blogging

On Friday, I had the pleasure of speaking at AIPLA's Annual Meeting.  I spoke during the session entitled "Blog On!  Thoughts on Patent Blogging from Inside and Outside the Blogosphere" with Aaron Feigelson, Karen Hazzah, Jacob Ward, Dennis Crouch, and Donald Zuhn. 

In addition to being part of the panel, I gave a presentation on Legal Issues Involved in Blogging.  If you missed the presentation, you can download the Powerpoint presentation or the written materials for my part of the session.  If you attended the session, please let me know what you thought.

This Week in Law #78

Tomorrow afternoon, I'll be appearing on Episode 78 of This Week in Law.  The show streams live at http://live.twit.tv/ from 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET and will be produced as a podcast thereafter.

The show is hosted by Denise Howell and Evan Brown.  I'll be appearing with Lauren Gelman, the founder of Blurry Edge Strategies and an internationally-recognized cyberlaw expert.

We'll be discussing the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Verner v. Autodesk and a number of other topics. You can suggest topics for the show by using the thisweekinlaw del.icio.us tag, using the #TWiL78 tag on Twitter, or leaving a comment here.

Protecting Employers from New Media

Law.com has published an excellent article entitled "Protecting Employers from New Media," which discusses new issues facing employers as the use of electronic media (like email, instant messaging, blogs and micro-blogging sites, and social networking sites) increases.  The article briefly discusses issues ranging from the drain in productivity and the employer's exposure to liability to the improper distribution of confidential and proprietary information.

How to Subscribe to E-Commerce Law

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Rocket Docket Awards Summary Judgment to Citibank in Cybersquatting Case

The Rocket Docket has posted a brief of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia's decision granting summary judgment to Citibank in a cybersquatting case brought under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. 1125(d).

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of March 9, 2009

Social networking websites and blogs account for nearly ten percent of the time people spend on the Internet.  People spend more time on social networking websites and blogs than they do on email and the use of such sites increased 63 percent from December 2007 to December 2008.

We've described how doctors have tweeted during surgery and how a reporter was permitted to tweet about a trial, now a "building materials company and its owner have appealed a $12.6 million verdict against them, alleging that a juror posted messages on Twitter.com during the trial that show he's biased against them."

E-Commerce Law Briefs is a weekly feature appearing each Friday afternoon on E-Commerce Law. Each week, E-Commerce Law Briefs will provide a brief summary and commentary on recent legal news affecting e-commerce businesses.

Six People All E-Commerce Lawyers Should Follow on Twitter

Recently, E-Commerce Law started using Twitter, the popular microblogging site, to post short items of news and commentary to which we would not ordinarily devote an entire post on this blog.  In just a few days, we've developed a growing following, mostly among law professors and other attorneys with an interest in e-commerce law.

Inspired by Darren Rowse at TwiTip, we decided to compile a list of other people on Twitter who regularly post information and commentary of interest to e-commerce attorneys and online businesses - our "Six People All E-Commerce Lawyers Should Follow on Twitter."  The list is neither exhaustive nor exclusionary.  There are certainly other people on Twitter worth following for their insight into the legal issues affecting Internet businesses and our list would be of interest to anyone involved in transacting business over the Internet, not just attorneys who represent e-commerce companies. 

E-Commerce Law on Twitter

You can now follow E-Commerce Law on Twitter (we "tweet" under the user name JonathanFrieden because eCommerceLaw was already taken).  Check it out and let us know what you think.

The Rocket Docket

Some of my colleagues and I have launched the Rocket Docket, a new blog featuring a discussion of cases decided by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (the original "Rocket Docket.")  Please let us know what you think.