Volume I

Issue : 5: September 4, 2003

• U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Cir.) Asserts Jurisdiction over Online Retailer
• Court Limits Extraterritoriality of the U.S. Copyright Act
• Amazon.com Launches Lawsuits in U.S. and Canada to Stop Spoofing
• Property and Trade Secret Rights Outrank Free Speech Rights in DVD Copying Code Case
• Parties To Litigation Do Not Hold Copyrights Over Examination for Discovery Transcripts
• U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Statutory Damages for Domain Registered Prior to the Enactment of ACPA
• Major U.S. ISP EarthLink Sues John Doe Spammers in B .C. and Alabama
• Defence of Misuse Extended to Suppression of Criticism in Copyright
• Online Broadcasters Sue Recording Industry (RIAA)
• Sixth Circuit Court Strikes Down Michigan Wine Law as Unconstitutional
• Saskatchewan Court of Appeal Upholds Criminal Conviction For Online Marketing Scheme
• U.S. First - North Dakota Prosecutes a Man for Gambling on the Internet
• U.S. Appeals Court (9th Cir.) Rules Massively Overbroad Subpoena For E-Mails Led to Privacy Violation

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Amazon.com Launches Lawsuits in U.S. and Canada to Stop Spoofing

Amazon.com recently filed eleven lawsuits in the U.S. and Canada against marketers who are allegedly using e-mail forgeries of its name, in a practice known as "spoofing". Spoofing replaces the real identify of the e-mail sender with that of a third party such as Amazon.com. This makes it more likely that the recipient will open the e-mail and harder for the recipient to trace the sender of the e-mail. Amazon's general counsel referred to such practice as "consumer fraud". One of the companies being sued is an Ontario Company (1505820 Ontario Inc.).

For additional information, visit:

http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5068032.html

For a copy of the Statement of Claim against 1505820 Ontario Inc., visit:

http://images.amazon.com/media/i3d/01/amzn_canada.pdf