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  1. Re:Trademarks on Is a Domain Name an Automatic Trademark? · · Score: 4, Informative

    You don't need to register to get trademark protection. You get protection by simply using the name in commerce. That's the TM mark. You may register with either the state or with the USPTO once you register you fet the circle R mark. Simpledog.com is probably not using the name in commerce. Also the OP probably cannot register because he currently does not have a product. You must use the product first and then register. insert standard this is not legal advice here.

  2. Re:Twisting in the wind on NBC Chief Slamming Apple · · Score: 1

    You can stream Charlie Rose and John Steward for free already.

  3. Re:Wait, so Bill Nye is actually an engineer? on Geek Stars From Atkinson to Zappa · · Score: 1

    Not sure why you call it short lived. It was on the air for 15 years.

  4. Re:Unlocking phones on T-Mobile Phone Unlocking Lawsuit May Proceed · · Score: 1

    Copyright office is under the authority of the Library of Congress not USPTO. When correcting someone please get the basic facts straight.

  5. Re:Serious answer on How Not to Write a Cease-and-Desist Letter · · Score: 1

    It's called Rule 11. You need to at least have some sort of legal relevance to sue otherwise you and your lawyer can be fined personally.

  6. Re:Copyright on How Not to Write a Cease-and-Desist Letter · · Score: 1

    That's not true, not registering means you can't sue in Federal court. You can sue for damages in state court if you wish to pursue damages based on common law copyright.

  7. Re:Hmmmm... on Purpose of Appendix Believed Found · · Score: 1

    You might have an ulcer. Helicobacter pylori was found to cause peptic ulcers in the 1980s. http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hpylori/

  8. Re:What makes MTV think.... on MTV Bails on Microsoft's URGE Store · · Score: 1

    MS can't compete in video games, they are still hemorrhaging money. Any other company, they would've folded 10 times over.

  9. Re:I remember when it used to be Japan on Chinese Pirates Copy iPhone, Make Improvements · · Score: 1

    Not too sure about that. If that's the case then American automakers would be making money hand over fist. You have to make it cheap and good enough.

  10. Re:in a word, "no" on Bad Movie Physics Hurt Scientific Understanding · · Score: 1

    China is not a Soviet bloc country. I never said anything about Soviets. China is China. It doesn't have a standardized system. It is a caste system with major cities getting a standardized curriculum and high school isn't even mandatory. You can't really compare a system like in the US where high school education is provided for and a system like China where the persons with the smarts and the means get high school education.

  11. Re:in a word, "no" on Bad Movie Physics Hurt Scientific Understanding · · Score: 1

    Half of China can't read. Pick a better example. China's success is because of the sheer number of people there, there are bound to be enough people who become talented scientists and engineers. Same with India.

  12. Re:What about copyright? on Dateline NBC Mole Outed At DefCon · · Score: 1

    copyright has an exemption for use in news. For example if a TV show was on while a reporter was taping something it is protected by what is left of the first amendment.

  13. Re:Well, crap is the norm in the real world on School District To Parents — Buy Office 2007 · · Score: 1

    I think there are different skills in Office. Word or Powerpoint for example, anyone can use. Excel and Access, you can differentiate between regular users, advanced users and power users.

  14. Re:Well, crap is the norm in the real world on School District To Parents — Buy Office 2007 · · Score: 1

    If you ever go to a temp agency. They sometimes will make you take an Office test.

  15. Re:DS on Price Cut Leads To PS3, PSP Sales Boost · · Score: 1

    Yeah people buy another one for themselves if they have the older DS, and not the DS lite.

  16. Re:I use text for the opposite reasons, on Kids Say Email is Dead · · Score: 1

    Blackberries are now free with rebate. It's the monthly cost that can be kind of expensive.

  17. Re:from the "no shit" dept. on Fructose As Culprit In the Obesity Epidemic · · Score: 1

    Seattle area has a system where you pay for bus fare at the end rather than the beginning of your ride depending on the time of day etc.....

  18. Re:Missionaccomplished? on Sony Says UMD Is Here To Stay · · Score: 1

    What about the 3.5 in floppy?

  19. Re:mixed feelings on Transformers Full Theatrical Trailer Available · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "They're gonna (complain) about everything, you know what I'm saying? Then you'll see them accept it," Bay says. "The things that really matter are there." Internet chat that Volkswagen didn't want the Beetle involved in an action movie are false, Bay says: "I just liked the other car better. I didn't want anything to do with the Bug because it reminded me of Herbie the Love Bug
    http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-04-1 9-summer-movies_N.htm/
  20. Re:mixed feelings on Transformers Full Theatrical Trailer Available · · Score: 1

    Michael Bay doesn't care about the fanboys because fanboys will see the movie no matter what. Therefore Michael Bay will make his version of robots and he thinks that Bumblebee looks better as a Camaro and this has nothing to do with GM sponsoring the movie. It is all due to Michael Bay's artistic vision.

  21. Re:mixed feelings on Transformers Full Theatrical Trailer Available · · Score: 1

    Trust me, they want to make money on this film. If they could take the original designs and it'd be fine, they'd just do it. Why would they waste so much money on creating totally new designs, much more complex mechanics and try to animate all this?
    So they can sell more toys?
  22. Re:You can't always work around patents on Why Microsoft Won't List Claimed Patent Violations · · Score: 1

    Ah but you can't use patents to leverage an illegal monopoly. See Patent misuse.

  23. Re:Buying their way in? on News Corp to Purchase Photobucket · · Score: 1

    You are mistaken. Myspace was never really that good.

  24. Re:Confiscation on DMCA Takedown Notice For a Fake ID · · Score: 1
    Fair enough. I see where duplication of ID will get you in trouble. And a strict interpretation of such a law would mean that no one is allowed to duplicate IDs even if for the purposes of posting on the internet.

    There's absolutely nothing they could do to prove she wasn't teling the truth.
    That's the purpose of a jury. They are called fact finders. If there is a murderer and there is one eye witness. The murderer doesn't get off scot free because the prosecutor cannot prove the murderer wasn't telling the truth.
  25. Re:Confiscation on DMCA Takedown Notice For a Fake ID · · Score: 1
    Sure they have evidence. They have the fraudulent ID with Ashley's picture and her grubby fingerprints all over it. Ashley cannot cast doubt on the sender of the take down notice. In doing so, she or one of her associates has committed perjury. From the likes of your spelling of certain words, you are probably not an American. The police will have to believe that this bartender had a grudge on some college girl she didn't know, also went to the trouble of making a fake ID, also went into trouble in making a fake DMCA take down notice. That doesn't pass the laugh test.

    Distribution of forged documents must be a crime.
    But the bartender did not distribute the forged document. She distributed a picture of it. If it is a technical crime please present some laws as saying such. But I'm with you, that this probably will not go any further and Ashley will probably get her parents to pay for a high powered attorney and all of these will go away.