Or just do what Penn & Teller did. Offer "2012 Reverse Mortgages". To paraphrase, "We'll give you a bunch of money to spend on whatever hedonism you like for the next 2 years, and in 2013, in the infinitesimal chance that it's still standing and we're still alive to claim it, we take your house!"
the telecom companies have sued each other over those slogans as well. If you follow the trade magazines, you see news of new suit over an advertised claim every couple months. When they don't settle out of court, it's usually found in favor of the plaintiff too.
Yes, marvel could sue and win if they can show the party is attempting to deceptively infringe on the trademark. If something is so alike that it can be reasonably confused for a trademark, then it is infringement.
In August 2000, Yahoo Serious tried to sue the search engine Yahoo! for trademark infringement. The case was thrown out because Serious could not prove that he sells products or services under the name "Yahoo" and therefore could not prove that he suffered harm or confusion due to the search engine. The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) 22 September 2001
bootiful, let's start ANOTHER off-topic Wikipedia debate on slashdot. I'll go first: When articles of that nature are edited with false information, they are corrected extremely fast. And if readers don't follow the given citations to confirm facts they read on Wikipedia, it's their own fault if they're misinformed. Weeee!
I've been waiting for just such an article. I've been curious about the ease of use and development comparisons for awhile now, let's see....Websense noooooo!!!!!!!!!!
I must say, I'm shocked and appalled. Please stop posting your disgusting perverted ASCII art on Slashdot. Some people read this stuff at work for chrissakes!
Damnit, good point. At my last hearing test, I maxed out the tone generator. It's got me curious enough to try it out to see how irratating the tone is. One could do plenty of fun hacks with this if it actually works as well as one would like.
If the mechanism could be tweaked properly such that it can hear the difference between soft breathing and fan harmonics, this would be a great module for an alarm clock. It wouldn't bother sounding off when you're out of town, and it would automatically turn back on if you were there originally but haven't left for work yet. (too lazy to find the link to the guy who did the same general thing, instead by detecting his body weight added to the bed.)
I agree with you that laws are preferable to bench legistation, but even if a law was instated, (unless I'm mistaken) the judge still would have to do the same thing, due to ex post facto issues.
Heh, no coincidence, the show has never claimed to be impartial, or scientific. They frequently admit to using all sorts of editing tricks to accentuate whatever point they like. Penn is an outspoken libertarian, and he's got his own show, where he can say pretty much whatever he likes.
On that particular episode, they could've claimed that porn doesn't make people more likely to commit sexual assault, but they didn't. They said they didn't know, and neither does anyone else. They did claim to like porn, and that it was silly to take away something that people like without any decent evidence that it is causing harm. That sounds like a reasonable conclusion to me.
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Or just do what Penn & Teller did. Offer "2012 Reverse Mortgages". To paraphrase, "We'll give you a bunch of money to spend on whatever hedonism you like for the next 2 years, and in 2013, in the infinitesimal chance that it's still standing and we're still alive to claim it, we take your house!"
I notice that the article is tagged with "vigilante". While we're at it, let's go the next step:
"What are you!?!"
"I'm Botman."
And I've tilted at them, because I thought they were shaped like giants.
And I'll start selling them by the slice...'cause that's just how I roll.
the telecom companies have sued each other over those slogans as well. If you follow the trade magazines, you see news of new suit over an advertised claim every couple months. When they don't settle out of court, it's usually found in favor of the plaintiff too.
Yes, marvel could sue and win if they can show the party is attempting to deceptively infringe on the trademark. If something is so alike that it can be reasonably confused for a trademark, then it is infringement.
Curses! Foiled again!
ARRG!!!!
In August 2000, Yahoo Serious tried to sue the search engine Yahoo! for trademark infringement. The case was thrown out because Serious could not prove that he sells products or services under the name "Yahoo" and therefore could not prove that he suffered harm or confusion due to the search engine. The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) 22 September 2001
bootiful, let's start ANOTHER off-topic Wikipedia debate on slashdot. I'll go first: When articles of that nature are edited with false information, they are corrected extremely fast. And if readers don't follow the given citations to confirm facts they read on Wikipedia, it's their own fault if they're misinformed. Weeee!
That's the UK release date. For US, it's supposedly the end of October, but I'll believe it when I see it.
I've been waiting for just such an article. I've been curious about the ease of use and development comparisons for awhile now, let's see....Websense noooooo!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, you've never been to a hospital, have you? That or you enjoy the combined odors of generic lysol, old people, and death.
I must say, I'm shocked and appalled. Please stop posting your disgusting perverted ASCII art on Slashdot. Some people read this stuff at work for chrissakes!
I swear to God, I'm going to pistol-whip the next guy who says 'shenanigans'!
"Say you want iphone to be killer in the first place. There's an app for that."
Damnit, good point. At my last hearing test, I maxed out the tone generator. It's got me curious enough to try it out to see how irratating the tone is. One could do plenty of fun hacks with this if it actually works as well as one would like.
If the mechanism could be tweaked properly such that it can hear the difference between soft breathing and fan harmonics, this would be a great module for an alarm clock. It wouldn't bother sounding off when you're out of town, and it would automatically turn back on if you were there originally but haven't left for work yet. (too lazy to find the link to the guy who did the same general thing, instead by detecting his body weight added to the bed.)
I can't believe I had to scroll through this many comments to find the first BORK joke! I was starting to get nervous!
10 PRINT "Please manage airplane fuel."
20 GOTO 10
Cache your Swedish porn, at the least.
aww, shame on you for making me recall that abomination of a product placement. I haven't been able to buy a single pair of chucks since then.
I agree with you that laws are preferable to bench legistation, but even if a law was instated, (unless I'm mistaken) the judge still would have to do the same thing, due to ex post facto issues.
That's alright, your post is nothing more than a attack that dismisses any and all issues raised :) I guess that means you win at the Internet.
Heh, no coincidence, the show has never claimed to be impartial, or scientific. They frequently admit to using all sorts of editing tricks to accentuate whatever point they like. Penn is an outspoken libertarian, and he's got his own show, where he can say pretty much whatever he likes.
On that particular episode, they could've claimed that porn doesn't make people more likely to commit sexual assault, but they didn't. They said they didn't know, and neither does anyone else. They did claim to like porn, and that it was silly to take away something that people like without any decent evidence that it is causing harm. That sounds like a reasonable conclusion to me.