Countries will soon be able to apply for internet addresses using characters from their national languages. The first Internet addresses containing non-Latin characters from start to finish will soon be online. In January, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, known as ICANN, paved the way for an entire domain name to appear in Cyrillic for Russia … [Read more...]
Setting Up Your Global Internet Sales Empire (Cross-Post via China Law Blog)
Dan Harris of the China Law Blog posted an excellent article, Setting up your worldwide Internet empire (China too), on the complex legal issues that a company must consider before it sells products worldwide over the internet. As Dan highlights below, setting up a global internet business is not as simple as setting up a web page and waiting for the orders to roll … [Read more...]
Online Litigation and Foreign Jurisdiction
The internet brought the once rarefied world of international commerce into our living rooms. While one can now order wine directly from a vineyard located in Tuscany, this convenience has led to a precipitous rise in international litigation. One of the primary risks in transacting business internationally is the uncertainty in dispute resolution. Both … [Read more...]