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38 IDEA 243 (1997-1998)
Hyperlinks, Frames and Metatags: An Intellectual Property Analysis

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HYPERLINKS, FRAMES AND META-
TAGS: AN INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY ANALYSIS
BY JEFFREY R. KUESTER AND PETER A. NIEVES'
The introduction of the World Wide Web in 1990 has
dramatically fueled the rising popularity of the Internet, and courts have
increasingly been called upon to address traditional intellectual property
causes of action in this new medium. While courts and commentators'
Jeffrey R. Kuester (kuester@kuesterlaw.com), a partner with Atlanta's patent,
copyright and trademark law firm of Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, received
his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Georgia Tech and his law degree
from Georgia State University after working with IBM. He currently serves as Vice-
Chair of the Management Information Systems Committee, Vice-Chair of the Computer
Law Section, and Chair of the Patent Committee of the Intellectual Property Law
Section of the State Bar of Georgia. Peter A. Nieves (patentlaw@nieves.mv.com)
received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from SUNY at Buffalo and
is finishing law school at Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire.
Recent domain name cases include: Hasbro, Inc. v. Internet Entertainment Group, 40
U.S.P.Q.2d (BNA) 1479 (W.D. Wash. 1996); BellSouth Corp. v. Internet Classifieds,
No. 1-96-CV-769-CC (N.D. Ga. Apr. 5, 1996); Roadrunner Computer Sys. v.
Network Solutions, Inc., No. 96-413-A (E.D. Va. Apr. 25, 1996); Empress Travel,
L.P. v. Network Solutions, Inc., No. 96-CV-4503 (E.D.N.Y. filed Sept. 12, 1996)
<http://www.patents.com/empress/empress.sht>; Pike v. Network Solutions, Inc.,
No. 96-CV-4256 (N.D. Cal. filed Nov. 25, 1996)
<http://www.patents.com/pike/pike.sht>; Hasbro, Inc. v. Clue Computing, Inc., No.
97-10065-DPW (D. Mass. Sept. 31, 1997); Panavision Int'l, L.P. v. Toeppen, 945 F.
Supp. 1296, 40 U.S.P.Q.2d (BNA) 1908 (C.D. Cal. 1996); Juno Online Services, L.P.
v. Juno Lighting, Inc., No. 97-C-791 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 29, 1997)
<http://www.Loundy.com/CASES/Juno_v_Juno.html>. Recent
domain name articles include: Michael B. Landau, Problems Arising Out of the Use
of WWW.TRADEMARK.COM: The Application of Principles of Trademark Law
to Internet Domain Name Disputes, 13 GA. ST. U. L. REv. 455 (1997); Carl
Oppedahl, How is a Domain Name Like a Cow?, 15 J. MARSHALL J. OF COMPUTER AND
INFo. LAW 437 (1997); David Hakala & Jack Rickard, A Domain By Any Other
Name! (visited Dec. 9, 1997)
<http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/96/oct/bwm9.htm>; Jack Rickard, Telebits - May
1996: Domain Name Policies Challenged In Court (visited Dec. 14, 1997)
<http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/96/may/bwm5.htm>; Ira S. Nathenson,
Showdown at the Domain Name Corral: Property       Rights  and  Personal
Jurisdiction over Squatters, Poachers and other Parasites, 58 U. PiTT. L. REv. 911

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