Some Legal Issues

As the Internet begins its transfer from computers to mobile
technology, what legal issues do companies making the technology face?
Here are my thoughts with some useful links at the end.

1. The sources I have linked to all do a great job of presenting the
legal issues that iPhone developers face when working with Apple and
protecting property rights.

2. The iPhoneDevSDK forum is very interesting for it's look at the
various real-life issues that developers face such as cease and desist
letters.
http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/business-legal-app-store/23491-iphone-legal-trouble.html

3. I predict that in the next few years, as smart phones get smarter,
and accessories are attached, product liability claims against
software developers will increase. Are individual iPhone developers
liable if they make an app that is compatible with a device
manufacturer's product? What kind of warning does your app have? Is
the app something you reasonably foresee will be used by someone
driving?

4. Does your app meet Apple's content ratings system? It better not
have the ability to access the Internet or else you will be given the
strictest rating.

5. If you are working jointly with other iPhone developers, have you
started thinking about how to structure your relationships for tax and
control purposes?

http://www.underdevelopmentlaw.com/2009/03/legal-issues-surrounding-iphone-application-development.html

http://www.danielsonlegal.com/blog/2009/07/14/iphone-developer-legal-guide/

http://www.danielsonlegal.com/blog/docs/iPhone_Developer_Legal_Guide.pdf

David Dobin
Ddobin@gmail.com
301-379-4264

Free Money ? (part two)

So, on my quest for free money, I have found a few more interesting
links. These are more general links to help small business owners. Why
is this important? Because in order to get free money (especially from
the government), you have to be serious. In order to be serious, you
have to start a business the right way. That includes a business plan
and preparing the legal foundation for your company.

http://www.sba.gov/localresources/index.html

http://business-law.freeadvice.com/business-law/

http://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/http://www.hootofloot.com

David Dobin
Ddobin@gmail.com
301-379-4264

Free Money?

Free Money

So I was watching the news and heard that unemployment had gone up to
10.5%. Then I heard Joe Biden say that the government will spend our
way out of bankruptcy. If that's the case, I want to know how to get
some of that money. That seems like important information. So in just
a couple hours of research, I found the following links:

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=SZ3KKfbSbh2tyYVnkjNbcjRcJnwTVjpwm9pp4GlVQDbvlC7hwptK!-723925807

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=stimterminal&L=3&L0=Home&L1=Funding+and+Contracts&L2=Opportunities+for+Businesses&sid=Fstim&b=terminalcontent&f=small_business_opportunities&csid=Fstim

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-009.html

This is just the beginning of my research. Next step?

David Dobin
Ddobin@gmail.com
301-379-4264

iDoClipboard v1.1 now available!

Apple approved version 1.1 of iDoClipboard yesterday. It took about
two weeks for Apple's reviewers to approve the app. You can find the
app in iTunes at http://www.itunes.com/apps/idoclipboard. If you
prefer not to open it in iTunes, you can also read the description by
clicking on the link from http://www.iDoTouch.com.

This update corrects some of the major bugs from version 1.0 by
removing me as the default email recipient and fixing the app so it
doesn't save the same text every time the app is launched. I also re-
formatted the table so that it's easier to read and, taking a tip from
a user, changed the mail button to an envelope.

David Dobin
Ddobin@gmail.com
301-379-4264