PROVIDING A SECURED ONLINE LOCATION, AND ACCESS THERETO, TO OTHERS FOR AUTOMATING, EFFECTING AND TRACKING COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS, FOR PROCESSING AND MANAGING INFORMATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS, AND FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN THE FIELDS OF BOOK PUBLISHING AND THE LICENSING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; ON-LINE AUCTION SERVICES FEATURING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS TO LITERARY WORKS; PROMOTING THE GOODS AND SERVICES OF OTHERS BY PLACING ADVERTISEMENTS AND PROMOTIONAL DISPLAYS IN AN ELECTRONIC SITE ACCESSED THROUGH A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK

ON-LINE COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, NAMELY, PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION, DISSEMINATION AND RETRIEVAL OF MESSAGES AND INFORMATION RELATING TO THE FIELDS OF BOOK PUBLISHING AND THE LICENSING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; ON-LINE DISCUSSION ROOMS AND BULLETIN BOARDS; PROVIDING ELECTRONIC MAIL SERVICES AND ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF DATA AND DOCUMENTS, ALL VIA A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK

COMPUTER SERVICES, NAMELY, PROVIDING AN ONLINE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS VIA A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK, PROVIDING A SEARCHABLE DATABASE FEATURING BOOK PUBLISHING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INFORMATION, FACILITATING, THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE SERVICE, LICENSING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, ALL VIA A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK)