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- Domain Name Law
White hat domainers are not black hat cybersquatters. - Yahoo! Registers First Favicon Trademark
Clock Tower Law Group filed historic favicon.ico trademark. - Erik's Year In Technology 2007
Hardware of the year: MacBook. Software of the year: LogMeIn. Service of the year: Google Reader. - Patent Reform Turns Patent Attorneys Into Patent Pending Attorneys
Expect to pay more for, wait longer for, and get less from your patent application. - Trademarks For Company Names And Nicknames
Trademarking company names and nicknames. Just drop the "Inc." - Trademarks For Logos
Trademarking logos. - Trademarks For Product And Service Names
Trademarking product and service names. - Trademarks For Slogans And Taglines
Trademarking slogans and taglines. - How To Backup Your PCs and Macs
Small businesses need a plan for backing up and restoring their data. - Drawing That Explains Patent Costs
How to control the cost of filing a patent. - Drawing That Explains Provisional Patent Applications
Provisional patent applications are rarely the best solution for startups. - Legal Dilbert Reprints
Plus how to detect hotlinked images. - Drawing That Explains Patent Disputes
And what's wrong with law school education. - Drawing That Explains Patent Laws
From Chief Justice to the patent examiner. - Drawing That Explains Copyright Law
Copyright rights, unregulated uses, and fair use. - How To Debug Computer Problems
Let's work the problem people! - The Brand Wars Are Coming, The Brand Wars Are Coming!
How to defend your brands on the Internet. - How To Print OS X To XP
How to print from a wireless Apple MacBook running OS X 10.4 (Tiger) to a shared printer on a Windows XP computer. - How To SFTP From Mac To Windows With Fugu
Secure file transfer between Windows Cygwin server and Macintosh Fugu SFTP client. - Always CC Yourself
Why you should send yourself a copy of your email messages. - Live-Blogging Boiled Eggs
How to make perfect boiled eggs in 16 minutes. - Wacky DVD Hack!
I think I tell what I learn! - A-to-Z Information Technology Audit
Because 'information technology audit' sounds cooler than 'MIS audit' or 'computer audit.' - Top 11 Rules For Picking The Right Team To Root For
What if you're not a baseball fan and you don't know who to root for? Simply use the following handy rules. - How To Set Up VNC Over SSH On Windows XP
Step-by-step instructions for setting up an SSH server, a VNC server, and an SSH client in order to VNC securely from one computer to another. - How To Get And Defend A Patent Without Going Broke
It is possible for independent inventors and small businesses to acquire patents and protect their ideas without going broke in the process. - Trademarking Numbers
You can register numbers as trademarks, and some numbers are still available. - Just Say Moo – How To Name And Brand Your Product To Make It Stand Out From The Crowd
Good branding can separate your cow from the other cattle. - An IP Audit Of Spongebob Squarepants
Let's pretend for a moment that it is early 1999, and Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Spongebob Squarepants, has contacted me for advice about protecting his intellectual property. - Fire Your Website, Hire A Weblog
Don't start a weblog. Replace your website with a weblog. In November 2002, I started experimenting with weblog software. Three months into the experiment, I had converted my existing website into a weblog powered by Radio Userland Software. After only two months, I switched to the much more capable Movable Type software. In this article, I discuss what I did, how I did it, and why some law firms are catching weblog fever. - How (And Why) To Trademark Your Logo
If you have a word mark that may be difficult to register because it is descriptive, consider creating a logo that contains the words and register the logo. - Software Patents: Good Or Evil? (Part 1)
This week, I am speaking at the fourth annual Law and Technology Conference at the Technology Law Center of the University of Maine School of Law. I am taking a non-standard approach to this presentation. Rather than preparing PowerPoint slides (or the like), I will be posting a series of notes on my website. - How To Name Your Company, Trademark Your Domain Name, And Domain Name Your Trademark
Think there are no cool domain names left? Think again. I found 201 cool domain names that are taken but six (count 'em, six) that are not. Some of them from a box of crayons. Plus strategies for protecting your trademarks, domain names, and company name. - How To Write, Copyright, And Publish Your Own Book
Self-publishing books is much easier than it used to be. It can also be fun and, if you do it well, profitable. - Patents vs. Trade Secrets
The advantages and disadvantages of protecting business ideas with patents and trade secrets. - Top 10 Things Every Business Should Know About Intellectual Property
The law governing intellectual property is a complex web of state law, federal law, Constitutional law, statutory law, and case law. And in the age of the World Wide Web, it is increasingly important for businesses of all sizes to acquire, protect, and avoid infringing others' intellectual property assets. - Choosing The Perfect Domain Name
There is only one perfect domain name left. - Ease-of-Copying In The Digital Age – Turning A Negative Into A Positive
Rather than worrying about easy-of-copying, owners of copyrighted works should use it to their advantage.
