I worked in the US Trademark Office for a number of years. Back in the early 90s there was a trademark application for plumeria scented yarn. Yup, the applicant was trying to trademark the smell of a plant. So, fresh-mown grass? That's SO 15 minutes ago. Don't worry, unless you're trying to make money by capitalizing on the scent of mown grass, you can't be forced to pay the trademark holder. So go ahead, live a little - mow your lawn.
Television is fiction, the X-Files doubly so. Part of my enjoyment of the show is my willing suspension of disbelief. For an hour a week, I can believe in ghosts, UFOs, government-wide conspiracies, flipper men, life after death and a host of other unproven, unbelieveable, fantastical stories.
The X-Files last night was a hoot. Entertainment - pure and simple. As if providing entertainment is a bad thing - really, shame on you.
As a woman, I find the depiction of female characters in modern games laughable. But the Matrea character was accurate. Like it or not. Cries to the contrary go back to Victorian fallacies. But game characters are larger than life. Have you taken a closer look at the male characters? Exaggerated male physical characteristics and hyper-violence. I find it refreshing that female characters are every bit as butch as the males. And why is it so unbelievable that a woman would create such a character? If I wanted to create a female gaming character, I'd probably give her enormous outstanding, uhm, features, the better to disconcert my opponent.
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I worked in the US Trademark Office for a number of years. Back in the early 90s there was a trademark application for plumeria scented yarn. Yup, the applicant was trying to trademark the smell of a plant. So, fresh-mown grass? That's SO 15 minutes ago. Don't worry, unless you're trying to make money by capitalizing on the scent of mown grass, you can't be forced to pay the trademark holder. So go ahead, live a little - mow your lawn.
Television is fiction, the X-Files doubly so. Part of my enjoyment of the show is my willing suspension of disbelief. For an hour a week, I can believe in ghosts, UFOs, government-wide conspiracies, flipper men, life after death and a host of other unproven, unbelieveable, fantastical stories.
The X-Files last night was a hoot. Entertainment - pure and simple. As if providing entertainment is a bad thing - really, shame on you.
As a woman, I find the depiction of female characters in modern games laughable. But the Matrea character was accurate. Like it or not. Cries to the contrary go back to Victorian fallacies. But game characters are larger than life. Have you taken a closer look at the male characters? Exaggerated male physical characteristics and hyper-violence. I find it refreshing that female characters are every bit as butch as the males. And why is it so unbelievable that a woman would create such a character? If I wanted to create a female gaming character, I'd probably give her enormous outstanding, uhm, features, the better to disconcert my opponent.