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Speaking of people who ought to know better, the EFF should know that there's nothing wrong with allowing registration of "descriptive terms", provided there is sufficient evidence of secondary...
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it's foolish to trademark descriptive terms. If assigning secondary meanings to words makes the primary meaning unusable because it's been trademarked, that's foolish. Defending legislator poop as...
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If I'm not mistaken "descriptive terms" are simply adjectives. Maybe I should go trademark all the adjectives in your comment and see what's left.... Also, I think you're confusing Trademark with...
View ArticleBest of
No one associates "best of" with the Village Voice. The Village Voice clearly does. But this is true -- until I read this post, I would never have linked "best of" phrases with the Village Voice. You...
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Ironically, Village Voice Media Holdings also owns the trademark to "EVIL EMPIRE". It's true!
View Articlere: Your Missive of 29 April
"We acknowledge your letter of 29th April referring to Mr J. Arkell. We note that Mr Arkell's attitude to damages will be governed by the nature of our reply and would therefore be grateful if you...
View ArticleLawyers need to be made to take risks.
Right now, "law practice" is win-win almost without risk for the prosecution side. Need juries able to decide beyond guilty or not, to "irredeemably stupid prosecution", with penalty of disbarred for...
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What with copyright claims for phrases, and trademark on words and partial phrases, speaking in public will require years to clear all the rights that may be infringed, and increase the number of...
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...and increase the number of lawyers beyond plague proportions. :-P They already are beyond that point.
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"Best of Seattle" is a 2F registration in the Principal Register, meaning that they convinced the USPTO that there was secondary meaning, i.e., that the consuming public associates the term "best of"...
View ArticleIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it...
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I guess this means the Village Voice is responsible for my Best of Three Dog Night CD? ... I oughta sue.
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And for Decades at that.Best of lists were around even 3 and more Decades ago. These Patents are so damn lame.Who the hell in their Right Mind allows Copyrights and Patents on English Language and...
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No one associates "best of" with the Village Voice.The Village Voice clearly does.
View ArticleRe: Lawyers need to be made to take risks.
Wow, it actually seems like you are agreeing with Mike on this one. I guess there is a first time for everything. Of course, trademarking something as commonly used as "Best Of" is rediculous, and...
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When will the original Digg investors sue the Village Voice for all the value that the Village Voice's endless spam cost them?
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