MK3040 - Electronic Commerce

International, Legal, and Ethics Issues

  • Europages
    European business directory in six languages.
  • Transparent Language
    Language-related services, products, and free features.
  • Lernout & Hauspie
    Speech recognition, translation, and text-to-speech technologies.
  • Berlitz
    Language training and translation products and services.
  • Idiom
    Software to help maintain Web sites in multiple languages.
  • Internet Traffic Report
    Check the quality and capacity of electronic equipment exchanging electronic mail from country to country.
  • Matrix Information and Directory Services (MIDS)
    Check the quality and capacity of electronic equipment connecting to the Internet from country to country.
  • bolero.net
    Association dedicated to replacing the paper maze with a set of interoperable electronic commerce applications.
  • Wine.com
    Web site based in California but selling nationally and internationally, depending on the laws of that particular state or country.
  • X:drive Affiliate
    Provides up to 100MB of free Web space to members.
  • John Marshall Law School Cyberspace Law Index
    Articles on Jurisdiction and other Internet-related areas.
  • Legal Information Institute
    Read about the Uniform Commercial Code and other laws governing business contracts and transactions within the U.S. jurisdiction.
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
    Trademark and patent information, and a search available for trademarks.
  • U.S. Federal Trade Commission
    Regulations and helpful guidelines for businesses to comply with the law.
  • Backflip
    Bookmarking tool accessible from the Web to maintain bookmarks in one common area for viewing from any browser or computer, or to share information with others.
  • Internal Revenue Service
    Government agency that administers the U.S. federal tax laws.

Case Problems

Case Problem 1: Swenson Machine Tools
FreeTranslation.com
Free Web-based translation tool.
Case Problem 3: Huggable Joys
FTC Consumer Protection
Information on consumer protection laws and assistance.
Case Problem 4: Soccer CDs
Yahoo! Web Page Design and Layout
Links to many of the top resources for how to build a Web site.

Additional Information


Last Modified: January 10, 2009.........................................

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