Thomas Eggar LLP and ILAWS...

Thomas Eggar and ILAWS.... in partnership to lead the way with research into the internet, the web and digital technology

We are delighted to announce a ground breaking and innovative new partnership between ourselves and ILAWS, the new Institute for Law and the Web, founded by the School of Law at the University of Southampton.

We, at Thomas Eggar LLP, recognise that new media is an emerging market and the collaboration with ILAWS will put us at the forefront of legal issues and opportunities associated with the Internet, the web and digital technology.

To mark the start of the partnership organised the first in a series of annual lectures at the University of Southampton on 17 October 2007. Professor Chris Reed, Chair of Electronic Commerce Law at Queen Mary College London, gave an address on the internet's role in today's business world and the highly topical issues surrounding the creation of new business models on the Internet, and looking in particular at the impact of websites such as Facebook.

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We have divided the talk into sections. Click on the below links to view these. (To avoid buffering whilst streaming the videos please right click on the link and select save target as)

Section 1 - Introduction to ILAWS (presented by Natalie Lee, Head of School & Lilian Edwards, Head of ILAWS)

Section 2 - Introduction to Doing Business Online - how to avoid the legal pitfalls; Attracting Customers; Domain Name Pitfalls

Section 3 - Rebranding; SEO Optimisation; The Virtual Enterprise

Section 4 - Relationships with Service Providers; Location in the Virtual World; Trading in a Borderless Environment

Section 5 - Other Issues; Web 2.0; Ways of Using 2.0 Commercially; Questions & Answers

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