Internet users rely on the investments website owners have made to establish  a distinctive presence on the internet. Website owner assets include domain names and intellectual property in the form of website content. Internet users may also be owners of domain names and intellectual property they make available form their own website. For example, a printing business marketing its products on the web may rely on yet another web merchant to fulfill its need for bulk paper supplies.

The internet marketplace differs in a great many respects from a traditional marketplace. For example, while few have the means to compete in traditional marketplaces with radio and television advertising, the low cost of participating in olnine markets means that almost anyone can afford to be a publisher or a vendor... or your competitor.

Establishing a distinctive presence on the internet most often involves the use of a valuable trademark(s), often embodied in the domain name, and the presentation of copyrighted materials to website visitors. Where a merchant's product is content, such as an audiobook merchant, web based transactions resulting in downloads of the copyrighted material to purchasers may be the essence of the business.

Doing business on the internet has the potential to raise a number of legal issues including issues related to domain names, intellectual property and licensing.

Internet Related Services

• Trademark Law
  1. File trademark registrations
  2. Bring trademark infringement action under Trademark Act
  3. Prepare/respond to cease and desist letters
  4. Trademark licensing
     
  
  
• Copyright Law
  1. File website copyright registrations
  2. Bring copyright infringement action under Copyright Act
     
  3. Prepare/respond to cease and desist letters
  4. Copyright Licensing
     

• Take Down Notices
  1. Prepare/respond to takedown notices directed to ISP's under Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
     

• Domain Name Disputes
  1. File/defend complaint under Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy
  2. Bring/defend cybersquatting action under Anti-Cybersquatting Piracy Act of 1999
  
  
• Implementing Defensive Corporate Policies
  
  1. Intellectual property audits
  2. Website audits
     
  3. License audits