Exam 15: Digital Law and E-Commerce

Click-wrap licenses contain terms of the agreement,disclaimers of warranties,guarantees for the protection of trademarks and trade secrets,and other provisions that would normally be contained in a paper license.

The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act only provides injunctive relief,not monetary damages.

Each website has a unique online address.

Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act,an employer cannot access any stored e-mail of an employee without that employee's consent.

Under the Electronic Signature in Global and National Commerce Act,one of the ways that a digital signature can be verified is by something the signatory knows,such as a secret password.

The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act protects against bad faith registrations of domain names only if the domain name is trademarked.

Mark recently started a small business and acquired a domain name for the business.At the same time,he remembered hearing about people buying up names related to companies and to famous individuals and then selling the names for astronomical sums.Mark wants to buy the domain name "Sharonstone.com." He figures he will start a fan club for the famous movie star,and then see if he can sell the domain name to her for a profit.Which is true in these circumstances regarding Mark's options?

In a click-wrap licensing agreement,the licensor indicates his or her acceptance by clicking on a prompt button on the screen labeled "I accept" or "I agree."

Internet domain names are assigned by:

A licensor can recover lost profits caused by the licensee's failure to accept or complete performance of the contract.

The E-SIGN Act provides that a digital signature can be verified in which of the following ways?

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act makes it a crime to intercept an electronic communication at the point of transmission.

The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act protects any individual's name from being registered by another person.

Because the word "sting" is ________,someone other than the singer nicknamed Sting was able to originally register and keep the domain name sting.com.

Under the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act,a court will order specific performance by the licensor in favor of the licensee,but the contract must provide that specific performance is available as a remedy.

In contracts for the sale of goods,do the parties contracting electronically or face-to-face need more protections? What circumstances might affect your opinion?

Trademark laws adequately protect holders of trademarks from persons acquiring domain names in bad faith using the trademark,or confusingly similar names.

In order to facilitate Internet development and growth,the United States Congress enacted the CAN-SPAM Act.

Domain names may be registered by filing the appropriate form with the domain name registration service and paying the appropriate fee.

Assuming that all of the elements to establish a contract are present,an e-mail contract is enforceable.