While the benchmark of trademark infringement traditionally has been a demonstration that consumers are likely to be confused by the use of a similar or identical trademark to identify the goods or services of another, a court-created doctrine called initial interest confusion allows liability...

In January 2020, President Vladimir Putin surprised Russians and the international community by proposing a sweeping set of constitutional reforms aimed at developing “state structure and domestic policy.” In his state-of-the-nation address, Putin explained that while Russia’s 1993...

There is no doubt that much of our every day life is affected and influenced by corporations and other organizations. In particular, today, more than ever before, the relationship between corporations and human beings can be either direct in the form of employment or even indirect in that...

This article serves to introduce an aspect of current research related to the review of the Seychelles Civil Code and the important question of the role of trusts. The Civil Code is based on the Code Napoléon and has therefore no provision for the trust of English law. The Courts of Seychelles...

The presence of a physical object (a book, DVD, CD) plays a determinant role in how information products (e.g., commercial copies of computer programs, books, musical recordings, video games, and virtual worlds) are regulated, in contrast with copies of similar information products with no...

As business clients make available an ever-increasing array of online content and services, the specter of liability for inappropriate online content looms large. Still, U.S. federal law protects businesses that adopt appropriate take-down regimes for copyright infringement, defamatory content,...

The procedural and substantive complexities of disciplinary systems maintained by institutions of higher education for the purpose of student governance have steadily increased over the recent decades. Notwithstanding that fact, many such institutions have refused to allow students to be...

The scientific article is devoted to the multidisciplinary study of the phenomenon of legal responsibility, in legal terms, as a manifestation of social responsibility. Responsibility as a phenomenon of social life rezmatra primarily from the standpoint of hermeneutics, and then illuminates the...

Digital communications technologies have led to fundamental changes in the ways that cultural institutions fulfil their public missions of access, preservation, research, and education. Institutions are developing publicly-accessible websites in which users can visit online exhibitions, search...

When the Oscar-winning actress, Julia Roberts, fought for control of the domain name, what was her aim? Did she want to reap economic benefits from the name? Probably not, as she has not used the name since it was transferred to her. Or did she want to prevent others from using it on either an...