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Intellectual Property

Apr. 19, 2011

Making a Federal Case Out of It: Web Site Terms of Use

A Web site's terms of use are a potentially valuable content protection tool. By Steven B. Fabrizio and Farnaz M. Alemi of Jenner & Block LLP.


By Steven B. Fabrizio and Farnaz M. Alemi


CONTENT MATTERS: Content owners are increasingly relying on their Web sites to engage consumers and expand business opportunities. Nearly every Web site today has terms of use governing what is and is not allowed on or accessible through the site. Though probably never read by anyone other than the lawyers who drafted them, those terms of use are potentially a valuable content protection tool.


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