The only casebook dealing with e-commerce, Electronic Commerce, Fourth Edition, utilizes problems to expound a transactional approach to electronic commerce. Written by Ronald J. Mann, a preeminent and prolific Commercial Law scholar, this system-oriented text is structured around the hypothetical representation of a technology company. The new edition has been meticulously updated with the latest cases and problems that reflect those cases and current issues.
This concise casebook offers: Distinguished authorship Ronald Mann is a leading scholar in Commercial Law and recently served as Reporter for revisions to UCC Articles 3, 4, and 4A. Lucid and concise reading assignments that use non-technical language whenever possible. Need-to-know technology is explained clearly and accessibly. Exercises that clearly illustrate current issues in e-commerce practice. Dozens of separate assignments so that professors can easily concentrate on their own areas of interest. Coverage of important commercial law topics, including: Click-through contracts Cybersquatting Web site development Software licensing Electronic payments
New to the Fourth Edition: Updated problems based on recent case law and current issues. New cases, including: "Rescuecom Corp. v. Google" & Second Circuit decision permitting lawsuit against Google for selling ads based on trademarked name "Jacobsen v. Katzer" & First appellate decision validating licenses for open-source software "Jaynes v. Commonwealth of Virginia "& Virginia Supreme Court case invalidating Virginia anti-spam law under First Amendment "Fair Housing Council v. Roommates.com" & Ninth Circuit en banc decision on liability of Web site for discriminatory postings seeking roommates "Chicago Lawyers & Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. v. CraigsList, Inc." & Easterbrook decision exonerating CraigsList for behavior similar to Roommates behavior condemned by Ninth Circuit "Conwell v. Gray Loon Outdoor Marketing Group, Inc." & Indiana Supreme Court case interpreting contract for design of Web site