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Blawg IT â Blogging Online Legal Issues Since 2003
http://blog.bretttrout.com
Brett Trout, a registered Patent Attorney and frequent lecturer on online topics, discusses online issues related to patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. Mr. Trout has over 14 years experience as a registered Patent Attorney, and has been blogging on all aspects of online patent, trademark and copyright issues since 2003. Whether you are obtaining a patent, negotiating a software agreement, litigating a trademark or simply surfing the web, Blawg IT tells you how to avoid online legal trouble. Mr. Trout is the author of Internet Laws Affecting Your Company, available from Amazon.com.
Recent Posts
Write Reviews on Your Blog? Better Read Up.
Fines for Blog Reviews? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued new guidelines (16 CFR Part 255) which have put advertisers, bloggers and other online publishers into a panic. The new guidelines, take effect December 1, 2009 and prohibit blog r...
Luddite Patent Attorneys Are More Expensive Than You Think
Is Your Attorney as Tech Savvy as You Are? You go to great lengths to protect your computer from hackers. But does your attorney? Hackers know all of your most important documents reside on your attorney’s computer. If your attorney is not as ...
Carpenter Awarded Iowa 2009 Inventor of the Year
An Overnight Success, Ten Years in the Making Tom Carpenter accomplished what every inventor strives for, but very few attain. He is a success. Over the years I have learned to meter the likelihood of a product’s success on the inventor, not th...
Get Ready For the Real Time Web
The Next Big ThingIn the past, when you wanted to find out more about a topic you would search Google, go to an informational Web site like Wikipedia, or read a blog on the subject. But what if you wanted more information about something that just ha...
Slash Your Legal Fees
What Your Lawyer Won’t Tell YouSomething you probably won’t overhear your lawyer discussing is how the recession has dried up the market for legal services. Many lawyers, who only a year ago were working and billing at unprecedented level...
How Many Felonies Have You Committed Today?
Harvey Silverglate Attorney Harvey Silverglate has a new book entitled Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent. In it he explains how advances in technology have created a matrix of vague laws with Draconian penalties and how these law...

