Pro tip: when you’ve got a known dumbass like Travelgrrrl agreeing with you, it’s time to rethink your position.

Or maybe, the lawyers provided their clients with sufficient information to know that they were fighting a difficult battle, and that, while there were colorable arguments that could be made to support their claims, the odds were against them, and they might be subjected to paying the other side’s fees and costs.…

I’ve read your comment several times and I have no idea what you are trying to say. How are you in particular going to cause fallout for Cinemark? And why do they need to apologize? What?

Exactly; I’m an old who went to U of O in the mid 90's, but I don’t get the hate on safe spaces. I was closeted for much of my young life and learned very early on that most spaces (back then) were unsafe spaces to reveal who I was. Distinguishing and wanting spaces where people feel safe to be who they are without…

If Leslie wants to complain, that is fine. But fucking stop making something white male right-wing trolls did somehow a reason to get mad at white women who weren’t in any way a part of this. That is insane.

Your definition of “harass” probably differs from the legal systems definition. In short, yes, these assholes do have a right to post your picture online, yes, they do have a right to write down your license plate, yes, they do have a right to shout unpleasant things at you. Basically almost any one-time interaction…

it may be more widespread because of the ubiquity of smartphones

As a former TM lawyer.... The logos don't have to be identical to infringe, they just have to create a "likelihood of confusion." Given that the font is close to identical, the color scheme is identical, the heart is almost identical, and layout is similar, and that the products occupy the exact same market and are…

I’m a graphic designer myself and the similarities jump out at me, though they are obviously non-identical. Think of it this way: if you squint, can you easily tell them apart? If it fails the squint test, then you have an issue.

The burden for trademark infringements is not “identical”. It’s “confusingly similar”. This is very arguably such, especially given it is the same category of products.

The issue is that YouTube is absolutely profiting off of these artists without paying just compensation. In fact, it’s not simply just musicians and artists, but content producers are a whole. I see content from Road & Track being copied and regularly uploaded to YouTube which ranks the video creating views and ad…

I had the chance to visit China a few years ago and decided I did not wish to spend my tourist dollars in a country with such flagrant abuse of human and animal rights. Honestly, it’s mostly the existence of the Yulin Dog Festival that keeps me away. I know some will argue that only vegans can get worked up about this…

I mean, Piper put the recipes in her book, which she then sold and made money off of. I can’t find the outrage.

Yeah, he is trying to self medicate with anger or something.

Squid seems to frequently offer women advice then get get all offended and rude about it when they don’t trip over themselves thanking him.

More than the masculine-appearing jab, I’m wondering if- as your headline implies- Amy might have been one of those people who only seemed to be supporting Tig.

thats AMAZING

Because you stated you like someone else. You seem infatuated with them. Your boyfriend was the last thing you mentioned in your cliff notes which makes it seem like you don’t view him as as important as your friend’s curly hair and scent.

Break up with your boyfriend.

I listen to pop so I am ok with vocal manipulation, but not to the point where the entire humanity of a singer is removed and it really does sound like a robot singer made up by mixing several voices in a lab in Japan, you know. This last album crossed that line. I didn’t even hear it, just the singles that are…