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Book SynopsisElectronic commerce is big business, and it is getting bigger: it now accounts for 7.5 percent of all retail sales in the US, and continues to expand at double-digit annual rates. The steady growth of Internet commerce over the past twenty years has given rise to a host of new legal issues in a broad range of fields.
This authoritative Research Handbook comprises chapters by leading scholars which will provide a solid foundation for newcomers to the subject and also offer exciting new insights that will further the understanding of e-commerce experts. Key topics covered include: contracting, payments, intellectual property, extraterritorial enforcement, alternative dispute resolution, social media, consumer protection, network neutrality, online gambling, domain name governance and privacy.
With the rise of Internet commerce, this book will be an invaluable resource for business lawyers as well as legal scholars with an interest in any phase of e-commerce law.
Contributors include: A. Bridy, N.R. Cahn, I. Calbol, M.W. Carroll, C.M. Hayes, S.J. Hughes, A. Katz, J.P. Kesan, N.S. Kim, C.L. Kunz, A.R. Levinson, D. Lindsay, C. Markou, S.T. Middlebrook, J. Moringiello, E.A. Morse, J.P. Nehf, C. Riefa, S.E. Rolland, J.A. Rothchild, A.J. Schmitz, D.J. Shakow, S.B. Spencer, H. Travis, M. Trimble, A. Vranaki, S. Walsh, J. Winn
Trade Review'Editor John Rothchild, who is himself a well-regarded author in the field of e-commerce, has gathered an impressive assembly of well-known authors for this fine Handbook of essays relating to many specific aspects of the ever-burgeoning global e-commerce revolution. The essays deliver clear information and evaluations regarding intellectual property, contracts, payment systems, dispute resolution, trade agreements, cloud computing, taxation, extraterritoriality/international conflict of laws, consumer protection, regulatory approaches, and much, much more. The Handbook will be of great value for legal and business practitioners, or for anyone else seeking information about how the law has so far dealt with e-commerce, plus expert suggestions for how the law might deal with it in the future.' --Margaret Jane Radin, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Canada, and University of Michigan Law School
'This Research Handbook, by presenting readers with a valuable opportunity to view--through a variety of ''windows''--the complex and multi-faceted regulatory environment for the expanding world of online commercial activities, is a timely addition to the library on the laws of e-commerce.' --Roger Brownsword, King's College London, UK
Table of ContentsContents: PART I ENGAGING WITH ONLINE RESOURCES Section A: Online Contracting 1. Wrap contracting and the online environment: Causes and cures Nancy S. Kim Section B: Payments 2. Substitutes for legal tender: Lessons from history for the regulation of virtual currencies Stephen T. Middlebrook and Sarah Jane Hughes 3. Mobile payments and financial inclusion: Kenya, Brazil, and India as case studies Jane K. Winn Section C: Access to Digital Assets 4. Digital assets and fiduciaries Suzanne Brown Walsh, Naomi Cahn and Christina L. Kunz PART II: Disputes Arising from Online Engagement Section D: Intellectual Property: Copyright 5. The economics of book digitization and the Google Books litigation Hannibal Travis 6. Digital exhaustion: North American observations Ariel Katz 7. Safe harbors from intermediary liability and social media Michael W. Carroll 8. Copyright's digital deputies: DMCA-plus enforcement by Internet intermediaries Annemarie Bridy Section E: Intellectual Property: Trademarks 9. Contributory trademark infringement on the Internet: Shouldn’t intermediaries finally know what they need to “know” and “control”? Irene Calboli Section F: Intellectual Property: Patents 10. Patent eligible subject matter after Alice Jay P. Kesan and Carol M. Hayes Section G: Enforcement: Jurisdiction Over Online Disputes 11. Extraterritorial enforcement of national laws in connection with online commercial activity Marketa Trimble Section H: Enforcement: Secured Financing 12. Electronic issues in secured financing Juliet M. Moringiello Section I: Enforcement: Alternative Dispute Resolution 13. Building trust in ecommerce through online dispute resolution Amy J. Schmitz Section J: Social Media and the Workplace 14. Social media and the National Labor Relations Board Ariana R. Levinson PART III REGULATORY OVERSIGHT OF ONLINE CONDUCT Section K: Consumer Protection 15. Consumer protection issues in cross-border ecommerce Sonia E. Rolland 16. App-solutely protected? The protection of consumers using mobile apps in the European Union Christiana N. Markou and Christine Riefa Section L: Network Neutrality 17. Understanding network neutrality John A. Rothchild Section M: Regulated Industries Online 18. Regulation of online gambling Edward A. Morse Section N: Privacy 19. Protecting privacy with “heightened” notice and choice James P. Nehf 20. Predictive analytics, consumer privacy, and ecommerce regulation Shaun B. Spencer 21. Cloud investigations by European data protection authorities: An empirical account Asma A.I. Vranaki Section O: Domain Names Domain name governance: “Scheherazade on steroids” David F. Lindsay Section P: Taxation of Online Transactions 23. The taxation of cloud computing and digital content David J. Shakow Index
