The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, mostly referred to as the TCPA, essentially creates certain requirements that must be met by any party that contacts another via auto...

Defamation on Facebook and Twitter:  Defamation on Facebook and Twitter is becoming more and more common every single day because it's so easy to post a comment or an item onto ...

Welcome to Copyright Law Radio. We bring you the best in copyright news, legal advice and information.  From copyright infringement claims and defenses to threat letter issues, D...

Too many companies and too many trademark lawyers simply send out trademark infringement cease and desist letters as a matter of course. They don't, as good attorneys or good comp...

Defamation of character claims can be challenging, but here's what you need to know about what you have to prove in order to establish internet defamation or defamation of charact...

What is a trade secret? A trade secret is anything within your business that is not generally known to the public, that's not readily ascertainable, and that give you, your compan...

The first thing you need to understand when answering the question, "What can I do if someone steals my website content?" is you need to understand that these are copyright infrin...

If you are a copyright owner, you can claim ownership of the copyright in a work. A copyright grants the owner the exclusive right to do any of the following; to reproduce the wor...

On Thursday, July 26, 2012, the USPTO announced publication in the Federal Register of proposed rules and proposed examination guidelines for the first-inventor-to-file provision ...

A “provisional application for patent” – usually called a provisional patent application – is basically a 12-month placeholding application.   It is less expensive than...

Defamation is the general idea under the law that one may be held liable for the publication of a false statement of fact. Under the law of most states, defamation is separated in...

The internet is a very complicated place. There are web hosting companies, affiliate marketers. There are e-commerce agreements, clickwrap agreements. There's social media defamat...

Welcome to Internet Law Radio where we discuss the hottest topics in Internet law.  If you are facing an Internet law issue, cyber law complaint, web site or e-commerce issue, we...

You need a website agreement that is going to capture the essence of your business model. Many companies - when they're looking for these initial website agreements, especially wh...

What is a copyright? Well, a copyright is any original work of authorship that is unique enough that you can actually have rights in. So, obviously, if you developed a website and...