E-Commerce Law

Businesses of all sizes are discovering that electronic commerce is a powerful tool for marketing products and services, exchanging information, buying and selling, and raising customer service to new heights. E-commerce also poses new challenges for businesses, ranging from protecting intellectual property rights to creating online agreements that span multiple jurisdictions.

E-commerce is a priority for Weeks Law. We provide a multi-disciplinary practice incorporating such areas as commercial, corporate, intellectual property, financial services, tax and litigation. Since the inception of e-commerce, we have been involved in a number of domestic and international matters related to e-commerce. We are familiar with emerging trends in and the resolution of e-commerce related issues such as personal privacy and related legislation, cryptography and export controls, libel and slander, online contract formation and electronic data interchange standards, online advertising, emerging authentication and certification techniques, telecommunication regulation, intellectual property and domain name regulation.

With specific reference to the Internet, we have acted for Internet service and content providers, certification authorities, Web site hosts and Web site owners. We have counseled clients in the Internet financial services industry regarding Internet banking, including issues relating to customer contracts, regulatory issues and extra-jurisdictional issues.