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The Case Of The Invisible Infringer: Metatags, Trademark Infringement And False Designation Of Origin, Veronica Tucci

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

The De Minimis Dilemma: A Bedeviling Problem Of Definitions And A New Proposal For A Notice Rule, Matthew C. Lucas

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

This article will discuss the de minimis doctrine in light of its current (and often varied) application in several important cases. While the focus will remain on infringements occurring in electronic media, the application of the analysis is by no means limited to that area alone. This article concludes by proposing the addition of a notice rule within the current copyright scheme. This rule would bar a would-be infringer from raising a de minimis defense once access to the copyrighted work at issue has been conclusively proven. The notice rule would encourage early negotiation of an optimal licensing arrangement between …

Tax Implications For Electronic Commerce Over The Internet, Eugene R. Quinn Jr.

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

This article will discuss the existing “real world” tax paradigm, why the existing models fails in cyberspace, government initiatives to tax or control taxing cyberspace, and finally, suggest a tax policy for cyberspace.

Litigating Child Pornography And Obscenity Cases In The Internet, David T. Cox

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

The first Part of this article is the introduction. Part II addresses federal child pornography statutes and obscenity laws. Part III reviews the relevant case law. Part IV addresses the practical considerations of litigating child pornography and obscenity cases. In addition, Part IV provides a quick lesson in the language of computers to facilitate a discussion of practice pointers and cautionary tales. This article concludes with a structured approach to child pornography and obscenity cases, taking into account the current technological landscape.

Foreword To The Summer 1999 Edition, Michael F. Weigold

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

This issue advances two important analyses of how this evolving medium is transforming our definitions of trademarks, commercial speech, consumption, and consumers. The impact of this transformation felt for years to come.

Personal Jurisdiction And The Internet: Can The Traditional Principles And Landmark Cases Guide The Legal System Into The 21st Century?, Mark C. Dearing

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

As the Internet advances and develops as a more acceptable means of global communication and commerce, the issue of personal jurisdiction becomes an area of increasing importance. With more commercial activity occurring on the Internet, businesses and individuals alike must be cautious and prepared regarding their potential liability. By merely creating a web site and placing information and/or goods on the Internet, the party responsible for that web site (the web host) is potentially exposed to worldwide liability. Because the traditional personal jurisdiction cases originate in the pre-Internet era, courts must determine the appropriate tests and analyses for personal jurisdiction …

"It's Our Way Or The Highway": Americans Ruling Cyberspace - A Look Back At Bad Policy And A Look Ahead At New Policy, Brian Berlandi

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

Network Solutions Inc. (“NSI”) and its respective policies are no longer capable of effectively and efficiently managing the Internet. Proper management must now be turned over to an international body that can fairly administer to the needs of Internet users worldwide. However, establishing this new administrative body, whose policies must be created through equal representation of global interest groups, will be no easy task. Not only will a global consensus be difficult to reach, but the element of time is of particular importance as well. With only four months remaining in NSI’s contract, the global Internet community must act expediently. …

Trademarks, Internet Domain Names, And The Nsi: How Do We Fix A System That Is Already Broken, Michael Tanner

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

This paper will focus upon how the current race to establish an Internet presence, has created numerous disputes over the use, the ownership, and the registration of domain names, as well as increased the potential for liability for possible infringement of corporate trademarks. The purpose of this paper is to shed some light on how current policies regarding Internet domain name registration impairs certain trademark holders and effectively prevents them from using the Internet as a global communication medium. This paper has four parts: section one details the history of the Internet, and the structure of both domain names and …

Copyrights In An Electronic Age, James M. Jordan Iii

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

The Great Internet Panic: How Digitization Is Deforming Copyright Law, Anne K. Fujita

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

In this paper, the balance between the rights of authors, publishers and users will be explored to see how the technology affects their particular interests, and how various laws tip the balance of their rights in different directions. This paper also includes an analysis of two recent proposals for adapting copyright law to the new technology. One is a report released in September 1995 by the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights, a subcommittee of the Clinton Administration’s Information Infrastructure Task Force, titled “Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure,” but more commonly referred to as the “White Paper.” The …

International Licensing Of Intellectual Property: The Promise And The Peril, Nicolas S. Gikkas

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

This paper is about the promise that intellectual property holds for generating wealth from international trade. The U.S. government and U.S. corporations have employed various means to secure the benefits of selling intellectual property abroad. The most flexible and useful method of transferring this form of property is the licensing agreement. However, for a licensing agreement to work, the intellectual property must first be recognized as “property” to be protected by law by the countries of both the licensor and the licensee. Not all countries recognize and protect intellectual property. This paper discusses the perils associated with licensing intellectual property …

Responsibility As An Issue In Internet Communication: Reading Flames As Defamation, James A. Inman, Ralph R. Inman

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Comparing Regulatory Models — Self-Regulation Vs. Government Regulation: The Contrast Between The Regulation Of Motion Pictures And Broadcasting May Have Implications For Internet Regulation, Jeffrey A. Jacobs

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

A model of regulation is being developed in response to the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. That model could be based on the motion picture industry’s system of self-regulation, which may at first seem to be less threatening to the First Amendment rights of the Internet users. On the other hand, the Internet regulatory model could be modeled on the broadcast industry’s system of federal regulation through an administrative agency like the FCC—a choice many people immediately associate with censorship and government interference in private conversations and transactions. The purpose of this article is to examine the development …

The Constitutionality Of The Communications Decency Act: Censorship On The Internet, David L. Sobel

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

On March 21, a special three-judge federal court panel in Philadelphia began hearing testimony in a proceeding to determine the constitutionality of the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”). The statute enacted as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, criminalizes the transmission of “indecent” and “patently offensive” material via the Internet in a manner that makes it available to minors. Judicial review of the CDA is destined to result in a landmark Supreme Court decision defining, for the first time, the applicability of the First Amendment to emerging interactive communications media. As the courts begin to grapple with this complex issue, …

Ambulance Chasers On The Internet: Regulation Of Attorney Web Pages, Mark Hankins

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

Since the U.S. Supreme Court in 1977 decided Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, attorney advertising, once anathema to the profession, has become tolerated, if not entirely welcome fixture of the landscape. Regulations of attorney advertising have passed the intermediate scrutiny of the Supreme Court on a number of occasions with a recent Supreme Court victory of the Florida Bar over an advertising attorney defining the outer limits of permissible attorney conduct in targeted direct mail advertising. Debate continues on the effect of advertising on the profession. Many argue persuasively that its added economic pressures are converting the practice …

Unsafe At Any [Modem] Speed: Indecent Communications Via Computer And The Communications Decency Act Of 1996, Jay Alan Sekulow, James Matthew Henderson Sr.

Journal of Technology Law & Policy

A computer equipped with a modem for communications truly gives one an eye on the world. With a computer and a modem, access to the Internet is relatively simple, and access to the Internet means access to an immense amount of information. Nor is the Internet merely a giant, online library. The Internet serves as the communications medium for literally tens of thousands of global conversations, political debates, and social dialogues.

With such capacity, a computer with a modern for accessing the Internet is understandably considered a great good. Educators rightly have recommended equipping students with the means to take …

Stem Educational Engagement Through Coopetition, Sport And Wearable Technology, Daniel James, James Lee, Yuji Ohgi, Charlene Willis, Nicola Petrone, Brendon Ferrier, Tomohito Wada, Mohammad Al-Rawi, Jeff Parker

International Sports Engineering Association – Engineering of Sport

No abstract provided.

Disciplinary Faculty Needs And Qualified Tutors In An Efl University Writing Center, Graciela Arizmendi González, María Del Carmen González Videgaray

The Writing Center Journal

This study investigates postgraduate (PGs) and faculty needs concerning academic writing (AW) tutors’ qualifications in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. Tutors are the core element of a writing center (WC) (Hays, 2010). These professionals listen to (Burns, 2014), advise, and exchange information (Reid, 1993, in Hays, 2010) collaboratively so students can resolve their writing issues (Hays, 2010). However, in EFL contexts, scant research exists about WCs, writing programs (Molina & López, 2019), and qualifications to recruit tutors (Özer, 2020). Thus, to plan a WC, 24 participants in chemistry were interviewed and surveyed. Findings reveal that EFL PGs …

Information Literacy Skills Of Legal Practitioners In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan: An Empirical Study, Saeed Ullah Jan, Muhammad Ashfaq, Shaukat Ullah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose of the study

The main theme of this study is to explores the information literacy skills of the law practitioners in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan under the heading “Information Literacy Skills of Legal Practitioners in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan: An Empirical Study.”

Research Method and Procedure

To conduct this quantitative study, the simple random sample approach is used. An adapted questionnaire is distributed among 254 lawyers of Dera Ismail Khan through personal visits and electronic means. The data collected is analyzed through SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) software.

Delimitations of the study: The study is delimited to the southern …

2022-06-04 Pca Policy Manual, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Policy Manual

No abstract provided.

Nanofiltration Membrane And Liquid Extraction For Rare Earth Separation From Phosphate Ore Waste Of Djebel Onk Algeria, Abderraouf Soukeur, Anthony Szymczyk, Mourad Amara

Beneficiation Of Phosphates IX

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Environmental Aspects Of The Implementation Of Mswi Fly Ash Treatment Methods In The Czech Republic, Monika Vitvarova, Ekaterina Korotenko, Vladimir Koci, Michal Syc

WasteLCA_3: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment For Waste Management And Resource Optimization

Today about 80 million tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) is annually incinerated in Europe. One of the solid residues from the municipal waste incineration (MSWI) plant is fly ash (FA). FA is classified as hazardous waste due to the high content of soluble salts, potentially toxic elements (Zn, Pb, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, As, and Sb), and trace organic pollutants (e.g. dioxins, furans, etc.) and, therefore, must be disposed of in special landfills [1]. On the other hand, the high content of valuable components (Zn, Pb, Cu, and salts) makes FA a potential anthropogenic source for resource recovery. …

Mapping Narrations, Narrating Maps: Concepts Of The World In The Middle Ages And The Early Modern Period, Ingrid Baumgartner, Daniel Gneckow, Anna Hollenbach, Phillip Landgrebe

Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

This volume offers the author's central articles on the medieval and early modern history of cartography for the first time in English translation. A first group of essays gives an overview of medieval cartography and illustrates the methods of cartographers. Another analyzes world maps and travel accounts in relation to mapped spaces. A third examines land surveying, cartographical practices of exploration and the production of Portolan atlases.

Magnolia Steering Committee Minutes, Susan Bryant

Steering Committee Meetings

No abstract provided.

Role Of Cmyc In The Proliferation And Function Of Cytokine Induced Human Memory Like Nk Cells, Arinola Daramola

Biotechnology Theses

Natural killer cells protect against virus infection and tumors. Although initially recognized as a part of the innate immunity, several recent studies have revealed NK cells exhibit immune memory to pathogens and haptens. NK cell memory has also been observed after exposure to combination of cytokines (IL12, IL15, IL18). The cytokine induced memory like NK cells exhibited potent antitumor immunity. To understand the role of cMyc in effector function of cytokine induced memory like NK cells, the effects of cMyc chemical inhibitor and Myc gene deletion by Crispr/Cas9 were studied. We found that treatment with cMyc inhibitor (cMYCi975) reduced NK …

The Utah Statesman, June 6, 2022, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Gardner-Webb President Dr. William Downs Named One Of Charlotte’S 2022 Most Admired Ceos, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb University President Dr. William Downs has been chosen to receive an elite honor. The Charlotte Business Journal (CBJ) selected him as one of Charlotte’s 2022 Most Admired CEOs. The awards recognize leaders who have a strong vision for their companies, have shown commitment to culture in the workplace and made significant contributions to the Charlotte community.

Dropout In Couple Therapy: An Exploration Of The Trajectories Of Couples Dropping Out, Ragan A. Lybbert

Theses and Dissertations

Dropout is a problematic phenomenon which wastes community, clinician, client, and researcher resources. Clients who dropout from therapy end up the same, or worse than, those who did not seek out therapy at all. While there is a relatively deep and broad understanding of dropout from individual therapy, an exhaustive review of couple therapy dropout literature reveals a very inconsistent and non-conclusive body of research. This may stem from a lack of a consistently used theory to guide research endeavors in this important realm. Primarily, this seems to stem from treating dropout as a static event rather than a process …

Notes In Improvisation : Spatializing Black Identity Through Music, Esther Akintoye

Masters Theses

The self-creation of Black spaces in America has been a form of resistance and reclamation, as well as a way to forge an identity and make room for community. This thesis argues for a use of improvisational African American music as a tool to create space. Additionally, through research and a design intervention, this thesis seeks to demonstrate how spatial creation within the framework of music and musical improvisation work as ways to expand, solidify and celebrate identity within Black and African- identifying people in America.

Fluid and improvisational techniques found in Black musical styles and genres such as jazz …

Climate Change And The Global Nutrient Overload: The Microbial Response Of Extreme Waterbodies To Environmental Change, Samuel P. Bratsman

Theses and Dissertations

One of the defining characteristics of our current epoch—the Anthropocene—is modification of nutrient cycles. At regional to global scales, humans have fundamentally reshaped the availability of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. These changes are particularly apparent in freshwater ecosystems, which receive surface and groundwater inputs of nutrients from agriculture, fossil fuel use, and wastewater. In this thesis, I investigated how the addition of nutrients affects microbial community and biogeochemistry in two extreme environments: the hypereutrophic shallow Utah Lake and nutrient-limited Arctic permafrost streams. In my first chapter, I used bioassay and dilution bioassay experiments to identify what factors control harmful algal …