Treatise Spotlight: Law of Electronic Commerce, 4th

Title:  Law of Electronic Commerce, 4th
Author:  Jane Kaufman Winn and Benjamin Wright
Publisher:  Aspen Publishers
Last Update:  2014-1 supplement


Description: 

The volume of trade done through electronic media continues to skyrocket, and the law evolves at a staggering rate. To keep pace with all the new cases, statutes, proposals, commentaries, and model laws, there is no better resource than the Law of Electronic Commerce - your guide to the implications of communications technology for commercial law and transactions.

 

The Fourth Edition has been completely revised to reflect the explosive growth of the internet and the one-to-many network model that has replaced older forms of electronic commerce. You'll find practice pointers and in-depth, up-to-the-minute analysis of:

• Electronic contracting
• Electronic Payments and Lending
• Intellectual property rights and rights in data
• Privacy and collections of data
• E-business regulation, including antitrust, trade practices, securities and banking
• Taxation of electronic commerce
• Computer crime and computer security
• Electronic records in litigation, including authentication and the best evidence rule
• Employer liability and electronic communications in the workplace
• Developing a records management program
• Liability of service providers
• and much more

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Treatise Spotlight: Callmann on Unfair Competition

Callmann on Unfair Competition

Title:  Callmann on Unfair Competition, Trademark and Monopolies, 4th
Author:  Louis Altman and Malla Pollack
Publisher:  Clark Boardman Callaghan
Last Update:  2013-1

Product Description:

Multivolume set provides a comprehensive analysis of the law of unfair competition as it relates to trademarks (registrability and infringement), passing-off, trade secrets, misappropriations, price discrimination, predatory pricing, and monopolies. Coverage also includes suggestions for protection against unfair competition, and acquisition, transfer, and abandonment. Other topics include government and business competition, interference with a competitor’s contractual rights and bargaining possibilities, interference by trade boycott and marketing restrictions, unlawful exploitation of competitor’s effort, confusing similarity, patent misuse, and covenants not to compete.

Features

• Helps you examine all aspects of anticompetitive behavior in-depth
• Suggests ways to protect oneself against unfair competition
• Strategies for dealing with government and business competition
• How to draft not-to-compete covenants
• Provides general principles for product simulation
• Gives you a complete reference to all matters involving trademarks
• Includes text of important statutes and regulations as well as a Table of Trademarks, Trade Names and Slogans

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Treatise Spotlight: Electronic Commerce: Taxation and Planning

Title:  Electronic Commerce:  Taxation and Planning
Author(s):  David Hardesty
Last Update:  2013 Supplement (March 2013)

The only tax planning resource that addresses the rapidly changing world of Internet commerce.  The first and only authoritative treatise on electronic commerce taxation and planning, this invaluable resource addresses the special strategies and solutions needed by electronic commerce enterprises.

Details:

With Electronic Commerce: Taxation and Planning you'll be able to identify and resolve the federal, international, and state tax and planning issues unique to electronic commerce transactions.

This comprehensive treatise is packed with numerous case studies and examples illustrating the application of both new and traditional tax principles to this uncharted business area. David Hardesty provides expert guidance to assist practitioners and electronic commerce enterprises in making informed planning decisions. The treatise also features an easy to use state-by-state guide on the tax treatment of electronic commerce.

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Overview
• Chapter 2: Electronic Commerce Fundamentals
• Chapter 3: Web Sites
• Chapter 4: Privacy and Security
• Chapter 5: [Reserved]
• Chapter 6: Tax Compliance
• Chapter 7: Web Site Development Costs
• Chapter 8: Acquisitions and Dispositions of a Web-Based Business
• Chapter 9: Web Site Valuation
• Chapter 10: Introduction to International Taxation of E-Commerce
• Chapter 11: Outbound Transactions
• Chapter 11a: Value Added Tax and E-Commerce
• Chapter 11b: Character and Source of Income From Electronic Commerce
• Chapter 12: Inbound Transactions
• Chapter 13: Foreign Corporations Owned by U.S. Persons
• Chapter 13a: Transfer Pricing and Electronic Commerce
• Chapter 14: Sales and Use Tax
• Chapter 14a: Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement
• Chapter 15: Multistate Income Tax
• Chapter 16: Digital Products
• Chapter 17: State Tax Summaries
• Chapter 18: Revenues and E-Commerce
• Chapter 19: E-Commerce Tax Policy
• Appendix A. E-Commerce Tax News Archives

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