1) Prior art is irrelevant to trademarks, it is current usage that matters. 2) Slackware themselves do not conduct trade using the name "Slack" . 3) Trademarks apply to domains, and there's no one in a position to install either who could mistake one's domain for the other's.
Sony Pictures Entertainment is an American company whose alleged attacker is a sovereign nation.
If a sovereign nation conducted a physical attack on a person resident in the United States, the Federal government would be expected to at least be interested in the response.
In this case the sovereign nation allegedly conducted an economic attack on a corporation resident in the United States, so the Federal government should be expected to at least be interested in the response. The Federal government is seeking to limit the damage from the attack, i.e. preventing the market from seizing up because suppliers are afraid to offer their wares. By dealing with certain major players to keep them engaged in the market the rest will see that the market is okay and they can engage it too.
Even there, they are working against their own interests. I use my travel router to extend the hotel wifi from the one corner of the room where I can get a signal to the desk where I can actually do work. If I can't get the signal, then I am not going to pay extra for it.
" if the TSA is all nice and federalized and stuff and not run by airlines now, why do they have fast lanes for first class passengers?"
The fast lanes are not part of TSA. They are before TSA security and are run by airport staff (check the difference in uniforms).
TSA does run Pre-Check which is a known-traveler system. You agree to give the TSA extra data about you that they could not collect without your consent and in exchange if they classify you a a lower than average risk they will let you through reduced screening.
You need to consider not just how tempting the target is but what the potential repercussions are. Sony does not have a military force, they're going to be distracted by the blow back from the leaked material, and there are limited civil venues where they could pursue action. Even if there is overwhelming evidence that NK did do this I predict there no meaningful consequences.
"Sometimes I wonder why companies, especially companies selling digital goods, don't just set the price in one particular currency then let it somewhat auto-fluctuate in the other currencies according to the market."
The concept you are looking for is "reservation price". Strictly speaking, ever buyer has a different maximum price they are willing to spend and the seller would like to charge them each that different price. In some situations that's easy (negotiated sales contracts) and some situations that's hard. Barring that, the seller would like to divide buyers into broad categories somehow to keep people willing to pay a higher prices from getting a lower price, e.g.: the various trim packages on a new new car, fare buckets for airline tickets.
The region locking allows Steam to adjust pricing to different demand curves without losing any surplus they can capture in other regions. Remember, the marginal cost of a bit approaches zero so they can make up a lot though demand increase (or by preventing a demand decrease)
"ms ireland is thereby legally barred from releasing the data to the us mother company."
That is not the US court's problem. That is MS US and MS Ireland's problem for setting up up their multinational corporation to try to evade national laws. They deliberately entered an arrangement where they could not comply with the laws of their respective jurisdictions.
Multinational corporations create separate entities in order dodge any one nation's unfavorable laws and regulations. Microsoft US is subject to the US court jurisdiction and Microsoft Ireland is subject to Irish court jurisdiction. If Microsoft US and Microsoft Ireland have entered an agreement where one of them or the other would be violating the law or they must breach their agreement it is no one's problem but their own that they are hoist by their own petard.
Since there can be no legal civil contract to commit criminal acts, this could void the agreement between Microsoft US and Microsoft Ireland. However, this would open them up to civil claims from people who have contracted with Microsoft US who has moved their data to Microsoft Ireland and now no longer has an agreement to get their data back.
You still haven't presented a single example of less skilled people being favored over more skilled people in order to advance women and minorities.
If have disproportionately low numbers of women and minorities that means you are EXCLUDING skilled women and minorities in favor of less skilled white males.
While theoretically not impossible, when someone make this claim there is a need to show how this will happen in light of the fact that technological innovation has never caused this once in the history of economies.
They are trying compel Microsoft US to provide evidence that it has already stipulated that it has access to. The fact that a multinational running multiple subdivisions in order to play fast and loose with national laws may end up being hoist by its own petard is not the problem of either the US government or the Irish government.
Among the meanings of the verb "to drop" are both "to discontinue" and "to offload goods". This lead to the use of the word at both start of provision and end of provision.
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1) Prior art is irrelevant to trademarks, it is current usage that matters.
2) Slackware themselves do not conduct trade using the name "Slack" .
3) Trademarks apply to domains, and there's no one in a position to install either who could mistake one's domain for the other's.
Sony Pictures Entertainment is an American company whose alleged attacker is a sovereign nation.
If a sovereign nation conducted a physical attack on a person resident in the United States, the Federal government would be expected to at least be interested in the response.
In this case the sovereign nation allegedly conducted an economic attack on a corporation resident in the United States, so the Federal government should be expected to at least be interested in the response. The Federal government is seeking to limit the damage from the attack, i.e. preventing the market from seizing up because suppliers are afraid to offer their wares. By dealing with certain major players to keep them engaged in the market the rest will see that the market is okay and they can engage it too.
I don't think setting up puppet governments works either, look at Iraq, Iran, and a hundred other countries.
On the other hand, look at South Korea.
That is correct in the sense of "correctly demonstrating that the AC doesn't know what a transitive verb is".
Some people might call what they're trying to patent price gouging.
Those would be the people who don't know what "price gouging" means.
"Their desire to make money?"
Even there, they are working against their own interests. I use my travel router to extend the hotel wifi from the one corner of the room where I can get a signal to the desk where I can actually do work. If I can't get the signal, then I am not going to pay extra for it.
" if the TSA is all nice and federalized and stuff and not run by airlines now, why do they have fast lanes for first class passengers?"
The fast lanes are not part of TSA. They are before TSA security and are run by airport staff (check the difference in uniforms).
TSA does run Pre-Check which is a known-traveler system. You agree to give the TSA extra data about you that they could not collect without your consent and in exchange if they classify you a a lower than average risk they will let you through reduced screening.
This is why we can't hijack nice things.
No, he's contradicting the claim that losing money is a sign of inefficency, by identifying factors that are not affected by efficiency.
If I gave you five dollars and require you to bring me six dollars worth of stuff, ending one dollar in the hole means perfect efficiency.
"more tempting targets"
You need to consider not just how tempting the target is but what the potential repercussions are. Sony does not have a military force, they're going to be distracted by the blow back from the leaked material, and there are limited civil venues where they could pursue action. Even if there is overwhelming evidence that NK did do this I predict there no meaningful consequences.
"Sometimes I wonder why companies, especially companies selling digital goods, don't just set the price in one particular currency then let it somewhat auto-fluctuate in the other currencies according to the market."
The concept you are looking for is "reservation price". Strictly speaking, ever buyer has a different maximum price they are willing to spend and the seller would like to charge them each that different price. In some situations that's easy (negotiated sales contracts) and some situations that's hard. Barring that, the seller would like to divide buyers into broad categories somehow to keep people willing to pay a higher prices from getting a lower price, e.g.: the various trim packages on a new new car, fare buckets for airline tickets.
The region locking allows Steam to adjust pricing to different demand curves without losing any surplus they can capture in other regions. Remember, the marginal cost of a bit approaches zero so they can make up a lot though demand increase (or by preventing a demand decrease)
"ms ireland is thereby legally barred from releasing the data to the us mother company."
That is not the US court's problem. That is MS US and MS Ireland's problem for setting up up their multinational corporation to try to evade national laws. They deliberately entered an arrangement where they could not comply with the laws of their respective jurisdictions.
Multinational corporations create separate entities in order dodge any one nation's unfavorable laws and regulations. Microsoft US is subject to the US court jurisdiction and Microsoft Ireland is subject to Irish court jurisdiction. If Microsoft US and Microsoft Ireland have entered an agreement where one of them or the other would be violating the law or they must breach their agreement it is no one's problem but their own that they are hoist by their own petard.
Since there can be no legal civil contract to commit criminal acts, this could void the agreement between Microsoft US and Microsoft Ireland. However, this would open them up to civil claims from people who have contracted with Microsoft US who has moved their data to Microsoft Ireland and now no longer has an agreement to get their data back.
Microsoft US has already stipulated that it can access the data in question.
The US court is not ordering Microsoft Ireland to do anything.
The US court is ordering Microsoft US to supply data which Microsoft US has already stipulated that it has access to.
The fact that Microsoft US gave it to Microsoft Ireland is not the US court's problem.
You still haven't presented a single example of less skilled people being favored over more skilled people in order to advance women and minorities.
If have disproportionately low numbers of women and minorities that means you are EXCLUDING skilled women and minorities in favor of less skilled white males.
" All he's doing is supporting their version of events. "
No, he is adding speculation about the intent of those actions.
Since intent is the entire point of the case, and all he can add is speculation, I don't see why his testimony was admitted at all.
Because Rob Schultz was bad at his former job, which is why it is his *former* job.
Clearly, pens are immoral.
"it may gut our economies"
While theoretically not impossible, when someone make this claim there is a need to show how this will happen in light of the fact that technological innovation has never caused this once in the history of economies.
It's all about managing expectations. Everyone knew Kissinger was a bastard already.
"The homeowner should be able to make the choice of if they want to risk it."
A homeowner is exposed to the risks that their neighbors take, and therefore has an interest that those external costs be accounted for..
They are trying compel Microsoft US to provide evidence that it has already stipulated that it has access to. The fact that a multinational running multiple subdivisions in order to play fast and loose with national laws may end up being hoist by its own petard is not the problem of either the US government or the Irish government.
Yo dawg, I heard you like clickbots so I downloaded a clickbot with a clickbot so you can commit click fraud while you commit click fraud.
Among the meanings of the verb "to drop" are both "to discontinue" and "to offload goods". This lead to the use of the word at both start of provision and end of provision.