iPhone App Lawyers

Posted March 30, 2011, in Clients, Clock Tower Law Group, Domain Names, Milestones, Patent Law, Startups, Trademark Law by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2610.html)

Law firm Clock Tower Law Group’s attorneys help iPhone application developers protect their intellectual property (domain names, trademarks, patents).

As it says on Clock Tower Law Groups cool clients page:

Apperian, Inc. helps top companies, government agencies, and educational institutions develop and implement an effective mobile strategy and reach their next generation of customers by creating compelling… [read full post]

Clock Tower Law Group Turns 10, Wants Flying Cars

Posted March 21, 2011, in About, Clock Tower Law Group, Domain Names, Erik's Favorites, Google, How To, Milestones, Patent Law, Trademark Law by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2602.html)

Or a pony.

Greetings,

Although the marketing launch of our law firm coincided with 9/11, http://www.erikjheels.com/?p=234, today is the actual 10-year anniversary of Clock Tower Law Group. As we enter our second decade, I want to say thank you for your friendship, your business, and your referrals. But don’t send flowers. Instead, please re-read this recent article and pass… [read full post]

Patent Law 101

Posted January 26, 2011, in About, Clock Tower Law Group, Erik's Favorites, Patent Law, Patent Law 101 by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2571.html)

An introduction to patent law in plain English.

On 01/18/11, the spring semester started at my alma mater, The University of Maine School of Law (aka Maine Law) in Portland, Maine. Maine Law invited me to be an adjunct professor for its introductory patent law class, and I gladly accepted. I greatly enjoyed law school and look… [read full post]

Top 10 Things Smart Companies Should Know About Intellectual Property

Posted October 22, 2010, in Branding, Business, Clock Tower Law Group, Copyright Law, Domain Names, Erik's Favorites, How To, Internet Law, IP Law, Patent Law, Patent Law 101, Startups, Trade Secret Law, Trademark Law by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2520.html)

Smart businesses should use all laws – including IP laws – to their advantage.

Before I launched Clock Tower Law Group in 2001, I worked for 6+ years in non-legal positions for various Internet companies. So I have seen how intellectual property works – or fails to work – in the real world. I advise my clients based… [read full post]

TrademarksForStartups.com: $17 Trademarks For Startups

Posted October 01, 2010, in Branding, Clients, Clock Tower Law Group, Domain Names, Marketing, Startups, Trademark Law by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2506.html)

Considering filing your trademark without a lawyer? Spend $17 to have a lawyer file it instead.

The TrademarksForStartups.com promotion starts at 12:17 ET 10/01/10 and ends 12:17 pm ET 12/31/10 (2010 Q4, for those of you scoring at home).

You got questions? I got answers.

1. Aren’t you the same dude who did the http://www.freetrademarksforstartups.com promotion?

Yes. I… [read full post]

LawLawLaw 2010-09-20

Posted September 20, 2010, in Apple, Baseball, Branding, Clients, Clock Tower Law Group, Domain Names, Google, How To, Internet Law, IP Law, Law, LawLawLaw Newsletter, Music, Patent Law, Privacy, Social Networking, Technology, Trademark Law by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2502.html)

These are not the droids you’re looking for.

Greetings,

My name is Erik Heels, and this is my LawLawLaw newsletter. Why the name LawLawLaw? Because lawlawlaw.com was, at one point, the only good domain name left.

LawLawLaw includes my observations on trends in technology, IP law (trademarks, domain names, and patents), baseball… [read full post]

Stop Wasting Money On Patents

Posted April 01, 2010, in Branding, Business, Clock Tower Law Group, Domain Names, Erik's Favorites, How To, IP Law, Law, Patent Law, Random, Social Networking, Startups, Technology, Trademark Law by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2167.html)

Patent Law Is Broken

Attention People of Earth:

Patent law is currently broken. Especially software patent law. A pending Supreme Court case (Google Bilski for more info) may fix it or make further break it. In short, you can expect to pay more for, wait longer for, and get less from your patents than… [read full post]

LawLawLaw 2010-01-29

Posted January 29, 2010, in Apple, Baseball, Business, Clock Tower Law Group, Google, IP Law, Law, LawLawLaw Newsletter, Legal Research, Licensing, MIT, Music, Patent Law, Politics, Technology, Videos by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2039.html)

Apple vs. Google, Bilski, Recession Ending?

Greetings,

Welcome to the latest installment of my LawLawLaw newsletter. 2010 is the 10th year of the newsletter, and for this issue, I’m going retro: plain text, no graphics. I’m also using MailChimp for delivery.

Why the name LawLawLaw? Originally, LawLawLaw mapped nicely onto intellectual property law’s three areas: patent… [read full post]

How Real Life Interfered With My Social Networking Fun

Posted January 26, 2010, in About, Baseball, Clock Tower Law Group, Erik's Favorites, Marketing, Social Networking, Spam, Twitter, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2029.html)

Don’t sweat the small stuff.

In 2009, my social networking fun was interrupted by Big Stuff: my wife and I decided to amicably divorce. We sold our big house in Acton, moved into two separate places, and are spending 2010 starting over.

Why do I blog about this? Three reasons.

First… [read full post]

LawLawLaw 2009-10-17

Posted October 16, 2009, in Baseball, Branding, Business, Clock Tower Law Group, Domain Names, How To, Internet Law, LawLawLaw Newsletter, Marketing, Patent Law, Random, Social Networking, Startups, Technology, Trade Secret Law, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1984.html)

Technology, Law, Baseball, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Etc.

The opinions expressed in LawLawLaw do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Clock Tower Law Group, its employees, or the author. All your base are belong to us.

Doing Our Part To Fight The Recession: Clock Tower Law Group’s $45K Stimulus Program

We added 30… [read full post]

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