The CAN-SPAM Act: Requirements for Commercial Emailers
The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act) establishes requirements for those who send commercial email, spells out penalties for spammers and companies whose products are advertised in spam if they violate the law, and gives consumers the right to ask emailers to stop spamming them.
What Can You Do About SPAM
Spamming, ie: the sending of SPAM, is the abusive practice of utilizing electronic messaging systems to indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk communication, most typically advertising. While the most widely recognized form of SPAM is through e-mail, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media including instant messaging, Usenet newsgroups, web search engines, blogs, wiki, […]
CAN-SPAM Act Updates
The Federal Trade Commission CAN-SPAM Act provides some control over SPAM email though you might not think so if you’ve checked your email mailbox lately.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is an agency Of The United States Department Of Commerce. Their website provides extensive information in regards all aspects of patent and trademark issues. This is an excellent resource for anyone considering the patent or trademark process or anyone looking for information about an existing patent or trademark.
United States Copyright Office
The United States Copyright Office is proud to be part of a long tradition of promoting progress of the arts and protection for the works of authors and is excited about the re-engineering of their operations. Their goal is to make major improvements in their public services and a key part of this initiative is […]
Start-Up/USA
Start-Up/USA – Self-Employment Technical Assistance, Resources, & Training Virginia Commonwealth University 1314 West Main Street P.O. Box 842011 Richmond, Virginia 23284-2011 Self-Employment Technical Assistance, Resources, & Training (START-UP/USA) is a partnership between Virginia Commonwealth University and Griffin-Hammis and Associates, LLC. START-UP/USA is funded by a cooperative agreement #E-9-4-6-011 from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), […]
Small Business Self-Employed Online Classroom
The Small Business/Self-Employed Online Classroom has a series of self-directed e-learning workshops on a variety of topics for small business owners.