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E-Commerce
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La Revue
Vente à distance : un lien hypertexte ne satisfait pas aux critères de l’obligation d’information
CJUE, 5 juillet 2012, C‑49/11,Content Services Ltd contre Bundesarbeitskammer En matière d’achats sur internet, les règlementations française (Article L.121-16 et suivants du Code de la consommation) et européenne (Directive…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Chinese Government Deliberates Consumer Rights Amid E-Commerce Boom
By Roy Zou
On April 28, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, issued draft amendments to the 1993 Law of Consumer Rights and Interests highlighting China's new initiative…
Inside Global Tech
Chinese E-Commerce Giant Joins Forces with China’s Largest Microblogging Platform
Alibaba, China’s largest e-commerce company, recently made headlines by committing to purchase an 18% stake in Weibo, China’s largest microblogging platform, for $586 million. The deal reportedly gives Alibaba an option…
The Appellate Strategist
Argument Before Illinois Supreme Court in Performance Marketing Continued to Morning of May 22nd
By Kirk Jenkins
An update on last week’s post on Performance Marketing Association, Inc. v. Hamer: with the posting of the Court’s docket book for the May term, we learned that the oral…
Madison Ave Insights
Spring Fashion Series: Retail Growth in the Digital Age
In this post I will examine the growth of retail store sales. Sales at brick-and-mortar retail stores constitute 90% of all retail sales in the United States. And many major…
The Appellate Strategist
Are “Click-Through” Internet Marketing Tax Laws Constitutional?
By Kirk Jenkins
Our preview of the oral arguments at the Illinois Supreme Court during the May term concludes with Performance Marketing Association, Inc. v. Hamer. PMA will be heard by the Court during…
Legal Bytes
New York E-Retail Ruling May Tax the Supreme Court
This post was written by Kelley C. Miller and Daniel M. Dixon. On March 21, we posted Clouds Continue To Rain State Tax On Retailers, the most recent in a series of…
Inside Global Tech
Online Retailer Newegg Wins Major Victory in “Shopping Cart” Suit
The Federal Circuit issued a ruling last week vacating a Texas jury’s $2.5 million verdict against Newegg, Inc., and invalidating three “shopping cart” patents purportedly owned by Soverain Software, LLC.…
Essential Patent Blog
RANDomness
The Federal Circuit recently invalidated three e-commerce "shopping cart" patents that noted non-practicing entity Soverain Software has asserted over the past decade against a variety of web retailers. ArsTechnica reports on…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Germany: Non-compliance with E-commerce rules is misleading advertisement
The Court of Appeal of Bremen (German version of the decision) has recently confirmed that competitors and consumer associations in Germany may challenge non-compliances with e-commerce rules. Any such non-compliance…