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Compuserve V. Patterson: Creating Jurisdiction Through Internet Contacts, Cheryl L. Conner
Compuserve V. Patterson: Creating Jurisdiction Through Internet Contacts, Cheryl L. Conner
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Throughout American legal history the adequacy of traditional jurisprudence has been tested by technological developments. The creation and expanded use of the Internet is the latest of these advancements. There are, however, characteristics of the Internet that distinguish it from past technological breakthroughs. These features include the difficulty of defining the Internet in traditional terms, the plethora of the contacts taking place, and the speed at which the Internet is expanding.
Who? What? When? Where? Personal Jurisdiction And The World Wide Web, Yvonne A. Tamayo
Who? What? When? Where? Personal Jurisdiction And The World Wide Web, Yvonne A. Tamayo
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Almost everyone, it sometimes seems, is "working on a Web site." The Internet, a seamless web of communication, has broken down barriers of distance and time among people. At the same time it has made increasingly porous the conventional boundaries between the tangible and the abstract. Many business entities have created their own World Wide Web pages on the Internet, in order to deliver their advertising messages instantaneously to potential customers anywhere in the world. Increasingly, lawsuits are being filed against these businesses engaged in electronic commerce.