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by rprasad 15y ago
I can totally see them getting their a$$e$ sued off for skirting kennel licensing laws. There's a reason that kennels are expensive: they have to take steps to make sure their pet hotels are safe for pets, and more importantly, that they h
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by rprasad 15y ago
Probably the same thing issue that bloggers have with copying old media articles verbatim and then adding a modicum of "context". In their respective business models, things are done a certain way and they follow that model even if it conf
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by rprasad 15y ago
Not in the U.S. The winner is entitled to legal fees from the user only extraordinary circumstances (i.e., where punitive damages or sanctions are also appropriate) or in family law cases (i.e., divorces).
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by rprasad 15y ago
A former colleague handles IP matters like this. She's a startup lawyer, so her rates are generally competitive in the price range you're thinking of. Here's her contact info if you are interested: (323) 929-7185 linda@cambrianlaw.com
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by rprasad 15y ago
The Quill decision was largely premised on the lack of contact between the catalog company and customers in the state--that is, such contacts were so infrequent (i.e., less than double-digits a month) that it would be unfair to impose a
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by rprasad 15y ago
All states have the power to regulate companies doing business in their states. However, they cannot discriminate against out-of-state businesses. The same laws must apply to both in-state and out-of-state businesses. Unfortunately, by vi
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by rprasad 15y ago
I wasn't aware that Amazon has developed teleportation technology that avoids using roads to deliver purchased goods. No wonder they've been doing so well.
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by rprasad 15y ago
My answers are contextual; the refunds weren't relevant to the other post I made. In Groupon's case, it does both: it includes money contractually owed to a third party in its revenue, and it fails to reduce revenues by the reserves to c
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by rprasad 15y ago
They don't, generally, as healthcare costs are bounded but income is not. So the rich ultimately pay proportionately less for healthcare relative to their income (though on an absolute sense, they pay significantly more).
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by rprasad 15y ago
The GDP numbers are not segregated by the source of taxes paid. Those GDP tax numbers include corporate taxes. Even after all of the tax breaks, the U.S. does have the highest corporate tax rate in the Western world at 35%, and most cor
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by rprasad 15y ago
Sorry, my point was that Google's revenue numbers were not prepared according to GAAP. The "Gross Billings" numbers include the total amount of deals "sold", including the merchants' portions. The smaller "revenues" number front-loads inco
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by rprasad 15y ago
Jaxn's data isn't anecdotal -- those numbers were reported in the WSJ earlier this year in an article on franchising.
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by rprasad 15y ago
As a tax lawyer, I can say with complete certainty that healthcare costs will trump taxes as the #1 lifetime expense for almost everyone (except the Buffets and Gates). #2 will be costs associated with childraising. Taxes are a distant #3,
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by rprasad 15y ago
You mean the income statement, which tracks money in and out. The balance sheet is used to track assets, liabilities, and equity.
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by rprasad 15y ago
Part of Groupon's problem is that it did not actually book 1.6billion in revenue under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). It booked 1.6billion under Groupon's magical accounting practices (MAP). Under GAAP, money which is con
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by rprasad 15y ago
10 years of CoffeeScript experience required. 5+ years of working with HTML5 Audio is preferred.
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by rprasad 15y ago
For legal purposes, there is very much a difference between a default copyright and a registered copyright. One is actionable and allows for damages without proof of injury, the other is not actionable (in the U.S., though EU copyright law
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by rprasad 15y ago
Did you actually read the linked articles and the referenced links? They don't say what the AA claims they say. He makes scientific statements that can generally be inferred from the cited sources, but which the sources don't actually
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by rprasad 15y ago
Copyright here has two different meanings: the default copyright which applies to all works from the moment of creation, and registered copyright, which the above post is referring to. Registering a copyright includes depositing a copy of
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by rprasad 15y ago
The act of copyrighting a book includes depositing a copy with the Library of Congress. The LoC used to accept all submissions; now it only accepts submissions filed pursuant to a copyright.
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by rprasad 15y ago
Thanks. I was going off of what was known yesterday; didn't know about the FAQ or that Unity had confirmed its conversion process used both of the targeted techniques.
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by rprasad 15y ago
Based on Adobe's announcements on this subject earlier in the week, the licensing requirement only applies to apps that use both the 3d and memory-optimization technologies. Using one or the other by itself won't require licensing. The p
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by rprasad 15y ago
Ashton Kutcher preceded the hype. During his trophy husband days, he branched out into VC/angel investing to prove that he was more than just a pretty face married to Demi Moore. Despite his affinity for playing idiots onscreen, he's very
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by rprasad 15y ago
In the U.S., by definition the conspirators must agree to commit a crime. Thus, they must know each other--not in a personal sense, but they must actually know that there are other participants and agree to act in concert with those other
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by rprasad 15y ago
The U.S. criminal code is not like the Canadian Criminal Code. Also, I suggest you reread the statute. By the plain language of the CCC, it is not enough to recommend that someone commit a crime, you must actually counsel them in how to d
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by rprasad 15y ago
Actual lawyer. He's generally right, in the U.S. at least. Suggesting that someone commit an illegal act does not rise to the level of conspiracy. You have to actually do something meaningful to support the criminal effort to be charged w
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by rprasad 15y ago
Those cases do not stand for the proposition you claim they stand for. The Perfect 10 cases stand for the proposition that a website using thumbnails of copyrighted works may be protected by the fair use doctrine if the creation and distri
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by rprasad 15y ago
Which does nothing to improve his situation in the U.S. The U.S. already does not have the jurisdiction to wiretap overseas; it must have local agencies do so (and many of them agree to do so, pursuant to INTERPOL agreements). The wlcentra
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by rprasad 15y ago
Console submissions adhere to pre-established, well-known rules. There is a significant amount of certainty regarding what sort of content will pass muster. With iOS, approval is highly dependent on the individual reviewer, who may or may
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by rprasad 15y ago
Living in Australia may be a prerequisite for becoming a candidate for office. The source linked describes some but not all of the means by which someone who is already a candidate may be disqualified from the election or from such office.

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