Use a read-fire-aim approach to technology.
By Erik J. Heels
First published 1/2/2007; Law Practice magazine, “nothing.but.net” column; American Bar Association
My friend Paul and I were recently discussing the security and privacy risks associated with using web services such as social networking and web-based email. I commented that I was shocked at how willing some people are -… [read full post]
A technology evangelist’s work is never done.
On 08/25/06, I wrote an article entitled “Steal This Article” that first appeared in the ABA’s Law Practice magazine on 10/01/06 and on the ABA website on 10/28/06. Yesterday, 12/30/06, that article disappeared into the ABA archives. It is no longer searchable, findable, or useful. It is as if the article… [read full post]
Posted November 01, 2006, in Licensing, Patent Law, Technology, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/604.html)
Innomage’s interneTIFF patent software doesn’t work with Firefox 2.0.
Any patent practitioner who has searched the USPTO’s patent database and tried to view patent images has likely struggled with the TIFF format used by the USPTO. Apple’s QuickTime plugin doesn’t render the multipage TIFFs properly. See the USPTO’s help page for more info.
We had been using the free AlternaTIFF, but AlternaTIFF lacks… [read full post]
Technology, Law, Baseball, and Rock ‘n’ Roll.
* Introduction Stuff
This newsletter is Erik’s opinion, not the opinion of Clock Tower Law Group. Dolphin-safe .
* Client Stuff
Clock Tower Law Group’s clients range in size from a sole proprietor to a publicly traded company. Here’s what some of them are up to.
* Road Warrior: Live from 37,000 Feet (2006-05-30)… [read full post]
Organizations large and small – including the ABA – need to evolve on the ever-changing Internet.
By Erik J. Heels
First published 10/28/2006; Law Practice magazine; American Bar Association
[Note from EJH: This article differs somewhat from the version published online today by the ABA. In particular, the title has been changed. For reasons that I hope are obvious… [read full post]
Law, Baseball, and Rock ‘n’ Roll. [read full post]
News and Commentary about Law, Technology, and their Intersection. [read full post]
News and Commentary about Law, Technology, and their Intersection. [read full post]
Posted April 24, 2004, in Licensing, Open Source, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/415.html)
This post by Dan Bricklin entitled “Thinking about how to make a living as an entrepreneur software developer” should be essential reading for anyone (like me) who helps entrepreneurs develop business and legal models to protect — and make money from — their software.
Bricklin discusses the several options that are available to him (none of which are perfect), including:
- traditional proprietary software model (sell the software
Posted April 13, 2004, in Licensing by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/357.html)
Link:
Avalanche is a legally constituted intellectual-property cooperative. Companies pay $30,000 a year to become members. They can then donate any in-house software they choose to the Avalanche library, with the project becoming the legal owner of the code. Project members get to use, free of charge, any of the other programs in the library… [read full post]
