When an online contract is obscurely hidden and referred to as a service agreement, the arbitration clause is not enforceable because the consumer did not agree to the contract and, as result, the contract does not obligate the parties to arbitrate disputes. Sgouros v. … [Read more...]
Click-On Terms Of Use (TOS) Creates Valid Assignment For Copyright Infringement
The 4th Circuit held that an agreement to transfer ownership of a copyright in a photograph found in a website’s “click-on approved” Terms of Use (“TOS”, sometimes called Terms of Use “TOU”) was a valid assignment of the copyright. Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. … [Read more...]