The Ulmer & Berne LLP intellectual property and technology group has a history dating back to the inception of the Internet in assisting and advising clients on a wide range of ebusiness-related issues. In this capacity, the intellectual property and technology group has been involved in client engagements in nearly every aspect of ebusiness and e-commerce, and has advised clients on structuring businesses, comsummating transactions and dealing with legal issues that span nearly every facet of ebusiness and e-commerce. These issues include:
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E-commerce laws;
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Information systems and data outsourcing;
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Data security including banking, healthcare and other regulated industries including issues under new state and federal laws, rules and regulations pertaining to data security, notification of security breaches, and data security retention and destruction policies and procedures under applicable law;
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Encryption, digital signatures and other commercial issues;
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All aspects of doing business online, via the public Internet or private IP-based networks including Internet taxation and Digital Millennium Copyright Act;
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Domestic and international privacy and publicity issues including the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act;
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Employment policies for Internet and e-mail use by employees;
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Federal and state regulation of the transmission of bulk electronic mail including federal Can-Spam Act compliance;
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The regulation of unsolicited commercial e-mail;
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Telecommunications issues pertaining to the Internet and the Voice-over IP/Internet telephony industry (including broadband access, co-location, E-911, and other regulatory and related issues); and
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Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act compliance.