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a111: Logged on 2018-07-17 13:00 asciilifeform:
http://btcbase.org/log/2018-07-17#1835518 << linus is not immortal, and i expect that he will lose control of kernel -- just as he stupidly lost control of his
trademark to 'linux foundation' (y'know, with gavin on staff) -- even before dies
a111: Logged on 2017-09-13 19:29 mircea_popescu: that "
trademark" is now owned by unilever, as you might've guessed, and it's used to sell items in qatar, as you might've also guessed. the point being that the poor rich arabs are trying to salvage whatever's left of the tsar's pile of salvaged material, today.
a111: Logged on 2018-07-17 13:00 asciilifeform:
http://btcbase.org/log/2018-07-17#1835518 << linus is not immortal, and i expect that he will lose control of kernel -- just as he stupidly lost control of his
trademark to 'linux foundation' (y'know, with gavin on staff) -- even before dies
mircea_popescu: which is the real lulz behind that "decimation of american productivity". usg.blue lost "american"
trademark, did not REALISE this ; lost also tax immunities, and HAD NO IDEA. only approximation is a cow so dumb it only notices someone cut off its legs when trying to stand up.
BingoBoingo: Well, figure they get saved for ability to say Ghandi's
trademark line: "Our words are backed by nuclear weapons"
a111: Logged on 2017-09-13 19:29 mircea_popescu: that "
trademark" is now owned by unilever, as you might've guessed, and it's used to sell items in qatar, as you might've also guessed. the point being that the poor rich arabs are trying to salvage whatever's left of the tsar's pile of salvaged material, today.
mircea_popescu: that "
trademark" is now owned by unilever, as you might've guessed, and it's used to sell items in qatar, as you might've also guessed. the point being that the poor rich arabs are trying to salvage whatever's left of the tsar's pile of salvaged material, today.
☟︎☟︎ mircea_popescu: but on the other side of the coin, "As you probably already know, but my
trademark thoroughness still obliges me to say, AI stands for "Artificial Intelligence" and comes in two flavors, "deterministic" (like minmax) and "statistical" (like SVM). The combined efforts of various researches lead to an important breakthrough in this field, known to meteorologists as "the AI winter". This is the season when you can't get any VC m
scriba: Logged on 2016-09-26: [14:59:14] <asciilifeform> (summary : seems like rms grew a spine for the occasion and it exercising the 'libreboot'
trademark, and expelling the idiot with empty pockets)
framedr_ghetto: btw if (tm)(r) is being used to denote those "
trademark" signs (and not tmsr), it may be noted that (tm) is for an uregistered
trademark and (r) is for a registered one. but i guess the reflexive-ironical use of these makes it fine :p
mats: "On June 3,2015 I learned that publicly available information indicated David BURCHARD, **** Duke Ct, Merced, California 95340, had registered or attempted to register and
trademark the phrase "caliconnect." After obtaining this information, HSI Fresno investigators began to search Reddit and other publicly available websites for the username "caliconnect"
a111: Logged on 2016-07-01 16:27 asciilifeform: (the owners of the
trademark are cashing in, in the familiar american style, by selling exploding junk glass instead)
mircea_popescu: hanbot nubbins` is just doing his
trademark low hanging fruit thing, "what's the lowest effort thing i could possibly do to maintain the pretense i'm doing something". that's his coping mechanism with life, it "worked pretty well" or whatever, it's what he knows, it's what he does. there's a whole stack of these idiots running around like pointless chickens, i dunno that much need be explained.
punkman: "Roll Tide is the rallying cry for the Alabama Crimson Tide athletic teams. The
trademark to the phrase is claimed by the University of Alabama, with licensing and marketing by The Collegiate Licensing Company."
adlai: or is deedbot now
trademark registry
assbot: Logged on 18-12-2015 05:24:47; asciilifeform: btw, mircea_popescu, ever ask torvalds why he doesn't shutter 'linux foundation' for pissing on ~his~
trademark ?
adlai rushes to the
trademark press
mircea_popescu: anyway. i hadn't any idea such a thing as "British Board of Film Certification" existed. amusingly, i still don't. nice reddit name or w/e it was, facebook
trademark.
mitch_callahan: a guy in the US bought the
trademark and brought it back
assbot: Logged on 17-09-2015 19:55:51; mircea_popescu: well at least the shitheads didn't try to
trademark the integral sign
BingoBoingo: <mircea_popescu> well at least the shitheads didn't try to
trademark the integral sign << Amazing where tiny bits of proto-sanity appear in USG
mircea_popescu: well at least the shitheads didn't try to
trademark the integral sign
☟︎ pete_dushenski: “GoDaddy reasonably relied in good faith on the representations made by the registrants of the Accused Domains stating that the registration of those domains did not violate any third party
trademark rights,” he wrote. “As a result, GoDaddy could not have used or trafficked in any of the Accused Domains with a subjective bad faith intent to profit from the AMPAS Marks until such time as GoDaddy received no
cazalla: ah so really nothing more than token measure by legal derpartment to ensure they maintain the
trademark?
mircea_popescu: cazalla if it's ruled a genericized term they lose the
trademark.
mircea_popescu: williamdunne better
trademark than you know, trying to put a watermark on the pics.
assbot: Using a DMCA takedown notice to assert a
trademark claim may lead to section 512(f) liability - Lexology ... (
http://bit.ly/1Duf0ed )
mircea_popescu: aite. so basically, i saw something, said something. fetlife misjudged itself, and sent a spurious "
trademark infringement" claim to the dc.
assbot: Logged on 29-03-2015 04:01:26; decimation: apparently Arduino is self-destructing in a
trademark lawsuit drama
decimation: apparently Arduino is self-destructing in a
trademark lawsuit drama
decimation: same for south africa: "The chain was named after the United States chain F. W. Woolworth Company but, because of the contemporary
trademark laws, the name was legally used without permission. No financial connection ever existed between the companies."
punkman: register bitcoin founation
trademark, try to steal it?
jurov: when entlds started, i applied for some bitcoin.something but registrar considers it
trademark assbot: Help the GNOME Foundation defend the GNOME
Trademark BingoBoingo: Copyrastas, the panties broke
trademark law or were counterfeit or something
assbot: Logged on 03-10-2014 15:52:13; mircea_popescu: make thing infringing on mp's
trademark. have mp notice you in google. mp files complaint with fb, yest. page suspended, today.
decimation: but I think a
trademark must be used.. in trade
mircea_popescu: yeah, that'll be the day
trademark enforceability ends.
mircea_popescu: make thing infringing on mp's
trademark. have mp notice you in google. mp files complaint with fb, yest. page suspended, today.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: violations of your legal rights, such as copyright or
trademark. If you filed that
nubbins`: so your
trademark "TM" thing shows up as Arial, dead-center
assbot: Every Day Is Goof-Off-At-Work Day At the US Patent and
Trademark Office - Slashdot
punkman1: didn't thailand ban bitcoin for
trademark infringement or something
mircea_popescu: much better brand than any derivative of a
trademark you don't own/
assbot: Dogecoin Users Outraged Over
Trademark HeySteve: Dogecoin getting copyright trolled - "Ultra Pro International, a case and sleeve company, announced plans to
trademark the word “Doge.”"
ThickAsThieves: The Chicago Blackhawks declined to comment about the Washington Redskins' loss of
trademark protection Wednesday
decimation: what's the difference between making a law condeming joe to death, vs a law that condemns the redskins
trademark to death?
decimation: Federal
trademark law does not permit registration of trademarks that ?may disparage? individuals or groups or ?bring them into contempt or disrepute.?
assbot: U.S. Patent and Trade Office Cancels ‘Disparaging’ Redskins
Trademark | Theden | Thedening the West
chetty: goes so nice with theft of redskins
trademark assbot: U.S. Patent office cancels Redskins
trademark registration, says name is disparaging - The Washington Post
mircea_popescu: jurov: bitcoin is registered
trademark nao << always has been. by... mtgox. bcause... "it;'s better someone with bitcoin's interests at heart have the tm than someone random"
jurov: bitcoin is registered
trademark nao
jurov: One or more of the domain names in your order contain a registered
trademark. DAFUQ
mircea_popescu: This is the brand and
trademark page for RUNWAY BEAUTY which was created on August 20th, 2007 by Runway Beauty, an CORPORATION. The
trademark owner is located at 8637 E. Berridge ln. in Scottsdale, ARIZONA. Runway Beauty can be contacted at 480-361-5012, odci@cox.net
punkman: " After a 2009
trademark-infringement claim was brought by California's North Coast Brewing Company due to the name's similarity to their existing "Old Rasputin" beer of the same style, De Molen changed the name on the American export label to "Disputin" in a humorous reference to the controversy."
fluffypony: bitcoinpete: the IPO can include the patents and
trademark registration, plus a strong "merchant adoption strategy" and "dynamic userbase growth path", as well as "a drive to be included in all modern dictionaries and encyclopaedias (eg. wikipedia, wiktionary)". We can call it S.SAUCE
Vexual: I think ass could call that
trademark in law
mircea_popescu: neither are fiat bills (not in the sense of the physical bill, but in the sense of it being authorised, it'll get reprinted, and trhe bill is that
trademark that spawns the authirisation)
fluffypony: davout: it was registered 4 months before bitcoin-central, so you'd probably have to go the
trademark route + bad faith or demonstrate that you announced the name somewhere and the act of registering the domain was cybersquatting+bad faith use