Internet and E-Business

Most companies today maintain their own website for the purposes of presentation and use e-mail in their daily internal and external communications. The online handling of procurement procedures (e-procurement) and the use of corresponding platforms (virtual marketplaces) are of increasing importance. Following the market shakeout being observed in the past few years, online trading is recovering. Public authorities are now increasingly offering the oppor-tunity of carrying out "official paperwork" via the Internet (e- government).

In this connection numerous rules and regulations must be observed. "The Internet is not a legal vacuum" has become a commonplace. We advise and support companies in all legal matters relating to the use of Internet and e-business solutions, on the part of both the suppli-ers and customers.

The range of services we offer includes (amongst others):

• Provider agreements (access, content, service and hosting)
• Web design contracts
• Distance selling law
• General terms and conditions for online suppliers
• Application service providing agreements (ASP)
• Terms of use for websites
• Data protection statements
• Review of websites to ensure conformity with legal provisions (web audit)
• Contracts for portals and virtual marketplaces
• License agreements
• Cooperation agreements
• Advertising agreements
• Litigation