A Practical Guide To E-commerce and Internet Law

A Practical Guide to E-commerce and Internet Law is a guide to the legal requirements of doing business online. Aimed at senior business managers, this book provides guidance on the many legal areas and risks involved, including: contractual; consumer; employment, data protection and intellectual property issues.

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A Practical Guide to E-commerce and Internet Law is the indispensable guide to the legal requirements of doing business online. Aimed at senior business managers, this book provides expert guidance on the many legal areas and risks involved, including: contractual; consumer; employment, data protection and intellectual property issues. The unique structure takes a typical company case scenario, and guides the reader through a practical approach to the legal complexities of trading on-line. The book alerts readers to potential pitfalls, showing them how to tackle the issues, pre-empt problems.New coverage includes:* The impact of EU enlargement* Increased focus on money laundering; anti-terrorism, Proceeds of Crime Act* Patents Act 2004 * Community Design Right (1 April 2003) and its application to IT graphics * New case law * The Consumer Credit (Early Settlement) Regulations 2004 (coming into force 31st May 2005)* Updated coverage of data protection regulations including Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003; the Information Commissioner's new code of practice on monitoring;.* Dispute resolution in domain name disputes* Competition law developments