E-Business

The Internet has had a major impact on how firms market and sell to customers and conduct business with suppliers. Doing business electronically presents complex legal challenges and risks for today’s businesses. Enhanced access to personal information has increased concerns over security and confidentiality issues and has resulted in privacy legislation.

We counsel clients on a range of structuring and financing issues, including adding e-commerce to their business. We have experience developing website use agreements, handling security, encryption and certification issues, and developing manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sales agreements for technology and telecom products.

Our expertise includes the application of and compliance with e-commerce transaction legislation and online consumer protection laws. Our lawyers have counseling and litigating experience in Internet and trademark law involving meta tags, pop-up advertisements and related issues.

Related Areas
Technology Enterprises

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Negotiation of numerous web-site development, support, co-branding, procurement and hosting agreements
Domain name protection, management and infringement
On-line stores and other on-line distribution
On-line licensing - webwraps, clickwraps, browsewraps
Internet service provider (ISP) liability
Security, encryption, and digital signatures, certification authorities and related agreements and policies, including privacy obligations for both private and public entities
Application service provider (ASP) agreements
Entire range of website use and development agreements
Advertising, co-marketing and distribution agreements