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There is a fight underway for control over the Amazon — specifically, the right to own one of the new Internet generic top-level domains (gTLDs), “.amazon”.

Government privacy authorities in several European countries, led by France, are on the verge of launching a major enforcement action against Google’s information privacy policies and practices.

“Software as a service” — one that is obtained through shared access on the cloud — is highly attractive to legal professionals. But there are key factors to consider first.

A new ruling, Multi Time Machine, Inc. v. Amazon, expanded on the principles for permissible use of trademarks in search engines.

The sharing of metadata – data embedded in digital files, such as word processing documents, spreadsheets, etc – can result in violations of confidentiality and can compromise legal strategies.

Several forms of encryption technology are particularly significant when confidential client materials are involved, and legal professionals should have a working knowledge of all of them.

Cloud computing offers an important tool for legal service providers. Compliance with legal ethics obligations, however, requires that legal service providers be informed and disciplined users of cloud services.

Although patents play an enormous role in the U.S. economy, the key government players in this field, such as the USPTO and the federal courts, do not receive enough resource support.

A recent Italian case that saw the overturning of convictions for three Google executives demonstrates that national laws and regulations directed toward Internet activities can simulatneously be too broad and too limited

Starting on November 29, 2012, all software applications developers who make their apps available in California must comply with new privacy requirements that require the disclosure of what personal identification is collected and how it is used.