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The opinions expressed in LawLawLaw do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Clock Tower Law Group, its employees, or the author. Action figures sold separately.
I read hundreds of sources to compile this LawLawLaw newsletter, my thoughts and observations on trends in… [read full post]
The best time for entrepreneurs to start a new business is during a recession.

Please note that the FreeTradeMarksForStartups.com promotion ended on 06/30/09, but like all pages on this blog, I leave this blog post here for posterity.
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Since Barack Obama’s election, I have been inspired and motivated to figure out something that I can… [read full post]
Technology, Law, Baseball, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Etc.

Intro Stuff
The opinions expressed in LawLawLaw do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Clock Tower Law Group, its employees, or the author. Do not taunt happy fun ball.
I lived the life of Dilbert when I was in the Air Force. Once while… [read full post]
Posted April 22, 2008, in Clients, Heels.Com by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1045.html)
Great shoes, great prices, great service.

I have heard that there are some shoe lovers who enjoy buying women’s shoes. They should enjoy this announcement from Heels.com about on sale shoes:
Everybody loves a good sale. Here are some of the shoe brands on sale at Heels.com.
Clock Tower Law Group filed historic favicon.ico trademark.

You know that little icon that appears next to the URL in your browser? The same little icon that appears in your bookmarks window, on browser tabs, and in web feeds? That little icon, the favicon, can now be registered as a trademark with the USPTO. Yahoo! registered (what I believe to be)… [read full post]
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Trademarking slogans and taglines.

In the late 1980s, Apple Computer spun out some of its software products (including, I believe, MacWrite, MacDraw, and FileMaker) into a new company called Claris. A branding awareness advertising campaign included prints ads run in magazines such as MacUser and MacWorld. The ads were hilarious. One showed a… [read full post]
Trademarking product and service names.

A company’s products can be protected by trademarks, its services by servicemarks, but it is common to refer to both as trademarks. In general, the less a trademark describes your product or service, the more likely it can be registered. The hardest part is choosing a good trademark. BASS BLENDER would be a bad name -… [read full post]
Trademarking logos.

If you have a distinctive logo that contains words, then you should eventually file both word and logo marks because they protect different things: the word mark the word itself, the logo the look-and-feel of the logo. For example, I have CLOCK TOWER LAW GROUP as a word logo and also have my airplane logo trademarked, since I want to… [read full post]