A blog relating to Internet legal issues by Professor John Swinson, University of Queensland
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Australian Domain Names
Australia’s Internet community celebrated a significant milestone last night with the registration of the two millionth .au domain name.
UDRP - Bad Faith Registration
In a UDRP proceeding against a cybersquatter, the Complainant has to prove three elements. The third element is bad faith registration and use. Some decisions have interpreted this requirement as being bad faith registration only. However, the traditional view that both bad faith registration and bad faith use is required, was supported, by majority, in the recent SimplyBusiness.com decision.
See also this DomainNameWire article.
Keywords in Canada
Last month (February 2011) in Private Career Training Institutions Agency v Vancouver Career College (Burnaby) Inc, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia refused to grant an injunction preventing the use of names of competitors in Google and Yahoo keywords as part of internet advertising.
iCyte
When you are doing electronic research on the Internet, the iCyte tool is useful. See www.icyte.com. You can use it to save and annotate your research. It is free for students.
Week 2 - Google and Social Media
On Monday we will be looking at the business models of companies who operate primarily on the Internet. We will look at the rules you must comply with when using their sites (in addition to all other laws that apply), and the benefits/criticisms of their business models. In particular, we will focus on Google and Facebook, but will also try to cover Amazon, eBay and Twitter. You should be familar with the products/services offered by these companies, and their terms and conditions.
What are the risks of doing business with these organisations?
For some background you can look at:
Don't Be Evil
Google Product Offerings
Google Watch
Google Book Project
AdWords - Australia
Facebook and Privacy
Click fraud
Endorsements - US position
What are the risks of doing business with these organisations?
For some background you can look at:
Don't Be Evil
Google Product Offerings
Google Watch
Google Book Project
AdWords - Australia
Facebook and Privacy
Click fraud
Endorsements - US position
Study guides
For those in the class asking about study guides, paper copies have been mailed to you, and you should receive them within the next few days. In the meantime, you can access an electronic copy under the "Learning Resources" tab of the Blackboard site.
Article on Domain Name Law
See this brief article that I wrote as an introduction to domain name law.
7s Domain Name Decision
Is it cybersquatting to point a domain name to a website that has no relationship with the semantic meaning of the domain name?
See 7(s) v. Luo decision
Discussion: Domain Name Wire
Patenting Business Methods
Review of patentable subject matter in Australia
The Australian Advisory Council on Intellectual Property has released its review of patentable subject matter. The Advisory Council is an independent body appointed by the government, and advises the Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research on intellectual property matters.
Click here to view the report
Click here to view the Advisory Council's Media Release
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