A call for the creation of the Uniform Username Dispute Resolution Policy.
The Problem
Of the top 100 global brands, 93% have had their Twitter usernames taken by somebody else (i.e. Twittersquatted).
Twittersquatting, like cybersquatting, is when somebody registers a company’s trademark (or a famous person’s name) as a Twitter username with the intent of profiting… [read full post]
Posted October 10, 2008, in Air Force, Internet Law, Politics, Videos by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1071.html)
Breaking my political silence.
I am an independent voter and have never been a member of any political party. I have avoided talking about politics on this blog. Today I have added a “politics” category (for those who want to avoid it) and I explain why I’m voting for Barack Obama for… [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]
White hat domainers are not black hat cybersquatters.
Domains Are Valuable? D’oh!
I’ve been on the Internet since 1984, watched the Internet evolve from text-based protocols to web-based protocols in the 1990s, and completely missed the generic domain name gold rush that has made many millionaire domainers.
Well, almost completely.… [read full post]
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]
The Times is hotlinking images on its website.
The New York Times is hotlinking images on its website. That makes the Times a copyjacker. Copyjacking is a violation of netiquette. Is it a violation of the law? You decide.
Here’s the proof.
Shameful.
See also:… [read full post]
The clue train has left the station, and most publishers aren’t on board.
Worst Practices: Betting Against The Net
Ease-of-copying is a feature, not a bug. Learn to harness that feature, and you’ll have a bright future. Try to fight that feature, and you’ll be fighting gravity.
Since the phrase “the… [read full post]
In which Erik Heels demonstrates that domain names – not diamonds – are forever.
I am an engineer (BSEE from MIT). I have worked with engineers. Engineers share a common feature/bug: they like to be right. And they will go to great lengths to prove that they are right.
I am also a lawyer. I have worked with lawyers. Lawyers, like… [read full post]
Plus how to detect hotlinked images.
My blog is a work in progress. I have long-term and short-term projects. I recently completed a long overdue project. I wrote to United Media, the publisher of the Dilbert comic strip, to request permission to reprint a Dilbert comic that I blogged about a couple of years ago. (See Musician Loses
