Provisional patent applications are rarely the best solution for startups.
My firm, Clock Tower Law Group, stopped filing provisional patent applications (sometimes called “PPAs” or “provisionals”) as a standard practice several years ago. Provisional patent applications are rarely the best solution for our clients, who are mostly small companies. Provisional patent applications work best for large companies with in-house patent counsel… [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
And what’s wrong with law school education.
Hello, my name is Erik. I’m a lawyer. And I like to do drawings. Would you like to see some of my drawings? Here are some of my other drawings:
- Drawing That Explains Patent Laws
- Drawing That Explains Copyright Law
- How To Debug Computer Problems
On 10/19/05, the daughter of one of… [read full post]
From Chief Justice to the patent examiner.
Hello, my name is Erik. I’m a lawyer. And I like to do drawings. Would you like to see some of my drawings? Here are some of my other drawings:
- Drawing That Explains Copyright Law
- How To Debug Computer Problems
On 10/19/05, the daughter of one of my MIT friends shadowed me for… [read full post]
Copyright rights, unregulated uses, and fair use.
On 10/19/05, the daughter of one of my MIT friends shadowed me for a day at work as part of a school project. One of the good things about spending time with children is that it forces you to explain things in simple terms. That day, I drew lots of drawings. So here is another installment Erik explaining
Posted July 15, 2007, in Drawings, Erik's Favorites, How To, Technology, Videos by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/796.html)
Let’s work the problem people!
A few weeks ago (06/03/07), the Internet connection on my home PC stopped working. My kids use this PC for gaming and email. And as I’ve mentioned earlier, I’m tech support for the family.
I decided to use this problem as a chance to educate my kids about how to debug computer problems. So the first thing that I did… [read full post]
For the music that I have purchased, I want all of the metadata: the MP3s, the album art, the BPM data, the liner notes, the lyrics, the tablatures, the recording dates, the release dates, the artist’s history, etc. Today, I can’t get all of the metadata from a single source. [read full post]
