by Martin Medeiros and Tichelle Sorensen
1.0 Introduction
The rule on online contracts has been fairly stable in the last five years and can be summed up inadequately but simply: the more dear the right being alienated, the greater the “overt act” required to memorialize a meeting of the minds to bind the parties to contract. These […]
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By Eric van Naerssen
How does one comply or file under the Madrid protocol? Commercial marks—such as trademarks, trade names, service marks or "brands"—are how a business gains recognition and trust in the marketplace. The mark indicates the source of goods or services within a geographic area. Most nations have built institutions, such as the United […]
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A presentation given at the National Association of Legal Secretaries / Professionals Oregon Chapter Conference in Salem Oregon by Martin Medeiros.
Click Here to access the presentation (Adobe PDF).
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Posted in E-Commerce, Copyright on Feb 1st, 2007
By Kohel Haver
A frustrated web site owner sent this question. “I wanted to get your opinion about something that I saw today. I found an ad for a pet care company in our area and when we checked out their web site, they had copied materials verbatim and directly from our web site.
This included items […]
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Posted in E-Commerce on Dec 26th, 2006
by Tichelle Sorensen
What are Terms of Use
The website "terms of use" are contractual relationships that website operators create with the visitors to the website. Depending on the importance of the relationship, certain disclosures and validations re required. Typically the courts enforced these contracts in varying degrees based on several […]
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Posted in Software, E-Commerce, Copyright on Dec 26th, 2006
By Martin Medeiros [1]
Never before has the power of production and distribution of intellectual property been so great, and the related costs so low. The Internet is the distribution tool for the masses. This does not mean, however, that legal principles have been thrown out the door. Indeed, the intent of the founding fathers of […]
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Posted in E-Commerce on Dec 11th, 2006
By Martin F. Medeiros[1]
Publishing, performing or selling on-line is different from the traditional models of commerce on the one hand, but identical on the other. Potential damages are large and immediate, and remedies may be illusive. But […]
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Posted in E-Commerce, Copyright on Dec 11th, 2006
A presentation given to the Oregon State Bar Computer and Internet Law Section April 27, 2006.
Adobe PDF: Google-Perplexed: Fair Use, Unfair Competition and the Internet
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