This Week In Law

Thanks to Denise Howell for having me on the show again. Video and blurb from http://twit.tv/twil appear below.

Host: Denise Howell

Bilski decision and the validity of business method patents, improving the Patent Office, finding relevant prior art, and more.

Guests: Erik Heels, J. Matthew Buchanan and Stephen Nipper

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Talking points on Delicious

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It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

On 06/28/10, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Bilski v. Kappos, a case about what subject matter (including software and business method patents) is eligible for patent protection under US law.

Unfortunately, the Supremes blew it. Here's why. Bear with me, this will take some time to explain.

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Patent Law Is Broken

Attention People of Earth:

Patent law is currently broken. Especially software patent law. A pending Supreme Court case (Google Bilski for more info) may fix it or make further break it. In short, you can expect to pay more for, wait longer for, and get less from your patents than you would have 5 or… [click here to read more]

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 law, trademark law, and copyright law.  Plus I owned the… [click here to read more]

Technology, Law, Baseball, Rock 'n' Roll, Etc.

The opinions expressed in LawLawLaw do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Clock Tower Law Group, its employees, or the author. All your base are belong to us.

Doing Our Part To Fight The Recession: Clock Tower Law Group's $45K Stimulus Program

We added 30 new clients during our seven-month FreeTrademarksForStartups.com promotion, which… [click here to read more]

Today, we’re tweeting with @erikjheels: lawyer, electrical engineer, columnist, Red Sox fan, former Air Force Captain and more.

By Lance Godard

First published 5/14/2009; 22tweets.com; 22 Tweets

Erik J. Heels.

Trademark, domain name, patent lawyer and more.

Founder, Clock Tower Law Group.

Avid blogger.

MIT Engineer.

Today, we're tweeting with @erikjheels: lawyer, electrical engineer, columnist, Red Sox fan, former Air Force Captain and more… [click here to read more]

My latest TV appearance.

I recently did a public access cable TV show about starting a company during a recession. It's a rate opportunity to see me in a suit. If you're reading this in a feed reader, then you may need to click through to the website to see the video:

Here's what I talk about and when:

• 06:03 - startups in a recession
• 90:08 - choosing a

File your trademark application with TEAS.

This is part three in an ongoing series about why and how to register your trademarks. Erik J. Heels is both the founder of domain name, trademark, and patent law firm Clock Tower Law Group and the owner of many trademarks and domain names.

1. Where To Start

To file a US trademark application, go to the… [click here to read more]

Ideas are cool, but execution is key.

I have ideas for new companies every day. One problem with the current recession is that not enough people are starting new companies.

So here's three free ideas for new companies. I'm not going to patent these ideas. I'm not going to pursue them. I'm going to tell the world about them and see what happens… [click here to read more]

Terminating your attorney-client relationship.

I have met many businesspeople who feel like they are stuck in a bad relationship with their lawyer and don't know how to end it. It's simple. Put it in writing. Like a "Dear John" letter.

If you want to fire your lawyer (i.e. terminate your attorney-client relationship), then simply write a letter, fax… [click here to read more]