From the blog: "The term "jurisdiction" has various definitions in
law, but for our purposes here we can say it is the power of some legal body to
exercise its authority over a person or subject matter or territory. In the
Internet today, it is territory that gives rise to many major issues. As in
real estate, what matters in jurisdiction is "location, location,
location"….The more serious jurisdictional problems are now beginning to
appear in cases that are more complex than trademark-domain name disputes. The European
Union is beginning to enforce its data protection requirements outside the
borders of the E.U." Read more
