Practice Areas
Internet and E-Commerce Law
The Law Offices of Aaron J. Stewart represents Internet and emerging technology businesses right here in Chico and throughout the State of California. You need an attorney who understands the on-line world and can help you and your business safely navigate through this ever-growing frontier. Our Internet, E-Commerce, and technology law practice can assist you in a variety of matters, including:
- E-Commerce, including requirements for valid and enforceable Electronic Contracts and Agreements.
- Website Development, including Independent Contractor and Intellectual Property Ownership issues
- Website Reviews, Content Clearances, and Attorney Opinion Letters regarding Website Legality
- Internet Marketing Legal Analysis, including Advice Regarding FTC Dot Com Guidelines, Internet Advertising, and Trademark Infringement Counsel
- Software Development issues, including Intellectual Property Rights and Ownership and Legal Advice regarding Open Source Software
- Website Liability Issues, including Defamation, Internet and Computer Crimes, Invasion of Privacy, and Censorship Law Issues
- Privacy Policies and Terms of Use
- Internet and E-Commerce Insurance
- Taxation of Internet and E-Commerce Businesses
- Jurisdictional Issues: Complying with and/or Protecting Your Business from Different and Potentially Conflicting States’ and Countries’ Laws
- Intellectual Property issues on the IP Infringement, and Domain Name Disputes involving the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) and the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
For further information on how we can best assist you or your business, please contact the Law Offices of Aaron J. Stewart.
- Stolen and Infringing Domain Names: The Law of Cybersquatting
As most business owners know, it takes consistent effort to protect the trademark from being infringed by other individuals and businesses. While trademark law can afford you a set of rules and a mechanism through which to enforce your rights, the impetus is always on you, as the trademark owner, to defend what is yours. [...]
- California Passes New Affiliate Nexus Tax
At the end of last month, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that will establish a sales tax nexus in the State of California for online retailers who use in-state affiliates to market and sell their products. These marketers are essentially independent contractors who market for the online retail business. The affiliate nexus [...]
- U.S. Privacy Laws—Cloud Computing, Transparency, and the European Union—Are We Behind the Times?
At a roundtable discussion yesterday, June 21, 2010, an attorney and representative for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission descried the current patchwork of U.S. privacy laws. Unlike our neighbors across the pond in the European Union, the U.S. approach to privacy protection is arguably lacking in terms of uniformity and effectiveness. As I described in a [...]
