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yuvouv
17y ago
You can lose a trademark case if you have been too selective in who you complain about. Especially if you are seen to be ignoring small time infringers but only going after those with big pockets, the case can be thrown out. Lawyers tend to
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yuvouv
17y ago
Bloody monarchs, coming over 'ere taking our thrones...
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yuvouv
17y ago
To push the analogy further - no. Unclaimed domain names are like parts of the wild west handed out to early claiments, they all had the same value/acre (=almost nothing). Then when a city had been built on them (=you have a brand) then the
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yuvouv
17y ago
I don't get where the price of land comes from? It's just a unique patch of dirt that they own, that I want and I can't get anywhere else - why do they want to so much money for it? It's not like they have built an office block on it like
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yuvouv
17y ago
"increasing student test scores" Yes, paying teachers more for higher test scores is a very good way of increasing test scores - this was found in california schools years ago. It had an opposite effect on students actual learning though.
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yuvouv
17y ago
Should be extended to all British citizens. Then those without British DNA can be kicked out. That will get rid of a whole lot of useless <beeps> in the house of Lords with a 'de', 'le' or 'ville' in their names. And it will allow
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yuvouv
17y ago
Trademark law generally requires them to defend their trademark or lose it. This means lots of letters from Apple inc's lawyers to small orchards in the middle of nowhere. The general response is either to ignore it or send back a simple le