From Library Journal
Isenberg is a practicing attorney, speaker, and founder of GigaLaw.com, a web site about Internet law. His new work is written for those who need to understand the laws applicable to electronic commerce. Isenberg reviews the laws on copyright, patent, trademarks, privacy, free speech, contracts, and employment in the context of online business. He reports on the way the courts and administrative agencies are construing the law by featuring the facts and disposition of prominent cases. The examples illustrate how electronic businesses can structure themselves for compliance. There is discussion of Canadian and European Union privacy rules. Several chapters are written by coauthors with expertise in disciplines such as patent or employment law. This covers some of the same territory as Dianne J. Brinson's Internet Law and Business Handbook, but it is valuable for treating recent developments. Highly recommended for business collections. Joan Pedzich, Harris Beach LLP, Rochester, NY
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Think law is synonymous with soporific? Throw aside any and all preconceptions about legal parameters and restrictions and must-dos, because Atlanta-based attorney Isenberg--and proprietor of the five-star Gigalaw Web site--will educate, inform, and engage all comers. Each of the seven sections--copyright, domain names and trademarks, patent law, privacy, free speech, contract law, and employment law--begins with a case (usually a well-known plaintiff or defendant such as Playboy or Barnes and Noble), describes the bones of contention, and summarizes the lessons learned. Then, partly in question-and-answer format, partly in straight prose, he and his contributors talk about the Internet ramifications of that topic. In copyright, for instance, Webster's needs to take care with framing and linking. Intriguing factoids appear: about how elimination of spam and the First Amendment don't mix, Amazon.com's special "i-click" patent, and even new acronyms like COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998) and their meanings. An every-person's essential. Barbara Jacobs
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