Tort

Avoiding infringement of the rights of others, and giving adequate notice to others of your rights that you may want to enforce

Defamation

Derogatory statements you cannot prove true

Linking to others= statements

Negligence

Careless advice causing injury or (sometimes) loss

Copyright

Making derivative work

Publishing others= work (linking)

Asserting your own claim: 8 Nicholas Bohm 2001

Trademarks

Taking others= reputation

Domain names, metatags, framing, inlining

Marking: 7, J, narrative

Patents

Novel non-obvious inventions

Scope differences US/UK/EU

Cost