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.
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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]
Posted October 11, 2011, in Apple, Best Practices, Milestones, Random, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2950.html)
Stay hungry, stay foolish.
Apple founder Steve Jobs resigned on 08/25/11 and died on 10/06/11. Much has been written about Steve Jobs over the past few weeks. I’m not sure what more I can add, so I’ll simply summarize some of my own favorite Apple-related articles below – as well as link to tributes better than my own… [read full post]
Internet marketing is a process, not an event.
I’m redesigning my website again. So I’ve been thinking about how to most effectively tell my story.
Rick Klau recently commented that he was surprised how many startups were unable to succinctly state their value proposition:
It’s amazing to me how many entrepreneurs aren’t able to tell their startup’s… [read full post]
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]
Posted September 17, 2010, in Apple, Branding, Google, Microsoft, Random, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/2474.html)
Dear Peeps: Please stop using these CEO pics. They are officially overexposed. Kthxbai.
I see the same goofy CEO pics in Google Reader daily. So I reviewed the top 100 brands on Deloitte’s brand list and Interbrand’s top 100 global brands list to come up with this list.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
Think visually before launching technology products.
“Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.”
- Napoleon Bonaparte
On 02/09/10, Google launched Google Buzz, http://www.google.com/buzz, its new social networking service. Shortly after launch, users revolted over privacy concerns.
I am publishing this blog piece on Sunday night over a holiday weekend because I believe that this issue is really… [read full post]
Email is social networking glue.
It is difficult to sync your contacts. Email, social networking, mobile devices. Each has its own set of contacts. One may or may not be able to sync with the other. I drew this drawing to keep track of where my data is, where I want it to be, and how to connect it all together.
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]
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 December 07, 2008, in Apple, Erik's Favorites, How To, MIT, Music, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1236.html)
Unless you’re a dog, a whale, or a computer, you’re not going to be able to tell the difference between a good MP3 and CD audio.
Think you’re an audiophile? I’ll bet you beers you can’t tell the difference between 256 Kbps VBR MP3s and CD audio in a blind test.
Track Selection
12 tracks have… [read full post]
