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Listen & Learn
Sounds are registrable as trademarks (as long as they can be represented accurately in print, which is Harley Davidson got into trouble in its attempt to register the sound of an idling Harley).
Click on the SOUND links to listen, see if you can recognize the trademark, then click on the associated Reg. No. link to see the actual registration. ( Read more... ) -
Harris is gone.
I worked with him for close to 40 years: hour by hour, I think I spent more time in his company than that of anyone else in my life.
Harris Zimmerman, respected Bay Area attorney and mediator, died on May 20, 2009, at Summit Hospital in Oakland, California, of complications from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was 89.
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wretched excess, the second entry
It's just not Christmas without Neiman Marcus, right? So this year, for a mere sixty thousand dollars (that's $60,000.00) each, you and your honey can have one of these, the His & Hers Life-Sized Replica in Lego Bricks.
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Why I love trademark law, redux
This, from a footnote in an INTA publication:
FIFA, the organizer of the soccer World Cup, forced more than one thousand male fans of the Dutch soccer team to remove their pants before entering the stadium to watch a 2006 game against the Ivory Coast. The fans were wearing pants in the colors of the Dutch soccer team that had been provided by a ( Read more... ) -
A descent into job-related madness.
I had a nightmare last night ( Read more... ) -
A box of rocks, maybe?
This from CNN today:
(CNN) -- Some lawmakers lashed out at the CEOs of the Big Three auto companies Wednesday for flying private jets to Washington to request taxpayer bailout money.
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Another reason why I love trademark law
This, reported in the truly excellent blog Counterfeit Chic:
The Mongols [motorcycle gang] have a constitution and bylaws, wear matching insignia, and earn the equivalent of merit badges -- albeit for things like committing violent crimes or engaging in certain sex acts. They've even registered their name as a service mark. But the members of the ( Read more... ) -
As if the food wasn't bad enough ...
Here's another good reason to avoid McDonald's, as reported by Salon Magazine:
McDonald’s ejects V.P. from gay organization
RDR
Great news! McDonald’s, a supposedly serious global corporation that employs 1.5 million people worldwide, is happy to bow to the whims of right-wing idiots. Back in March, Richard Ellis, McDonald’s vice president for ( Read more... )
