Drawings, Charts, And Videos That Explain The Recession

Posted November 22, 2011, in About, Air Force, Book Reviews, Business, Copyright Law, Drawings, Erik's Favorites, How To, IP Law, Law, Patent Law, Politics, Random, Startups, Technology, Videos, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/3428.html)

9/11 Wars + Tax Cuts + Bailouts = Recession.

This article analyzes, chronologically, how the US got itself – and the world – into the current recession. I wrote this post primarily… [read full post]

LawLawLaw 2011-11-18

Posted November 18, 2011, in Apple, Baseball, Clients, Clock Tower Law Group, Google, IP Law, Law, LawLawLaw Newsletter, Music, Patent Law, Random, Social Networking, Technology, TV, Videos by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/3356.html)

A newsletter by Clock Tower Law Group founder Erik J. Heels about trends in technology, intellectual property (IP) law (patent law, trademark law), baseball, and rock ‘n’ roll.

Greetings,

I, Erik Heels, a lawyer, do hereby swear and affirm that this is my LawLawLaw newsletter: read/subscribe at http://www.LawLawLaw.com.

LawLawLaw is about technology, law (mostly patents… [read full post]

The Customer Is Frequently Wrong

Posted November 15, 2011, in Branding, Clock Tower Law Group, Domain Names, Erik's Favorites, IP Law, Law, Marketing, Patent Law, Random, Startups, Technology, Trademark Law, Verio by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/3331.html)

Especially when it comes to patents and trademarks.

Philosophy #1: The Customer Is Always Right.

Philosophy #2: Treat Customers As If They Are Always Right.

Which philosophy does your business follow?

My law firm follows #2.

Wrong Customers And The 80/20 Rule (Pareto Principle)

What? You don’t want all customers?

That’s right, I… [read full post]

How To Start A Boston Patent Law Practice

Posted November 08, 2011, in About, Book Reviews, Clock Tower Law Group, Erik's Favorites, How To, IP Law, Law, Patent Law, Random, Startups, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/3319.html)

Advice for new Boston patent lawyers.

I try to help everybody who contacts me. Lots of patent lawyers ask for my advice when starting their own practice. Here’s what I tell them.

1. Quit your day job. To paraphrase Albert Einstein, success is 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration. In order to succeed as an entrepreneur, you have to commit… [read full post]

SpongeBob, Dracula, and Copyright

Posted August 17, 2011, in Copyright Law, Erik's Favorites by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2882.html)

Content owners have been getting it wrong for a long time. Plus why 1995-2025 is the dark ages of the Internet.

A common theme in this, the dark ages of the Internet (see concluding paragraph for definition), is that content owners overreach with their associated IP rights. For example, copyright owners conveniently forget about fair use except when it… [read full post]

LawLawLaw 2011-06-29

Posted June 29, 2011, in Baseball, Best Practices, Business, Clients, Clock Tower Law Group, Copyright Law, Domain Names, Google, Internet Law, IP Law, Law, LawLawLaw Newsletter, Marketing, Microsoft, Music, Patent Law, Politics, Privacy, Random, Security, Social Networking, Startups, Technology, Trademark Law, TV, Videos, Weblogs, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2764.html)

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Greetings,

My name is Erik Heels, I am a lawyer, and this is my LawLawLaw newsletter, available at http://www.lawlawlaw.com.

LawLawLaw includes my observations on trends in technology, IP law (trademarks, domain names, and patents), baseball (long story), and rock ‘n’ roll (longer story). Besides IP law, I’m good at spotting trends, connecting people on social networks, fixing things, boiling… [read full post]

Scamming The Chinese Domain Name Scammers http://goo.gl/S74nj

Posted June 03, 2011, in Clients, Clock Tower Law Group, Domain Names, Erik's Favorites, International Law, IP Law, Law, Marketing, Random, Technology, Trademark Law by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2738.html)

Don’t Fall For China Domain Name Fraud. Seek The Deeper Meaning Of Words.

By now, you have probably heard about the Chinese domain name scam. It’s almost as old as the Nigerian 419 scam. Helpful hint: Google these things and/or check Snopes.com to see if they are legit. See also my earlier blog post on… [read full post]

$2 Billion In Angel/VC Funding + 10 Acquisitions By Public Companies = @ClockTowerLaw's Winning Clients http://goo.gl/Y0IkP

Posted May 24, 2011, in Clients, Clock Tower Law Group, Domain Names, Erik's Favorites, Google, Milestones, Patent Law, Photos, Startups, Trademark Law by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2707.html)

 

Clock Tower Law Group: Helping Smart Companies Get Richer(TM).

Over the last ten years, Clock Tower Law Group clients have been acquired by publicly traded companies ten times.

Over the last ten years, Clock Tower Law Group clients have raised $2 billion from angel investors and venture capital (VC) firms.

Over the last ten years, Clock Tower Law Group clients… [read full post]

Chart That Explains Patent Novelty And Statutory Bars

Posted May 09, 2011, in Patent Law, Patent Law 101 by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2691.html)

35 USC 102: Patent Decoder

I made this chart for my patent law students. It is not perfect. Then again, neither is patent law. Since this may not render well as HTML, I’m also including it as a PDF:

2011-04-06-erikjheels-patent-timing-issues-102-novelty-bar-dates.pdf

Timing Issues in the Patent Process (Novelty & Anticipation; Statutory Bars; Interference

Men Of Great Genius: Venetian Senate, Patent Act of 1474

Posted April 11, 2011, in Erik's Favorites, Patent Law, Patent Law 101 by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2627.html)

All modern patent statutes are derived from the Venetian Patent Act of 1474.

When studying or criticizing patent law, it is often easy to not see the forest for the trees. Certainly the US has killed a forest of trees in the form of patent laws, patent rules, and patent procedures.

But US patent law… [read full post]

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