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‘Trademark silliness in the courts’
As a lawyer who’s handled trademark infringement lawsuits over the years, I know all too well how seriously companies take their trademarks.
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County judge decision based on ‘look and listen’ approach
The number of campaign signs clumped together at busy street corners and other high traffic areas has dwindled dramatically, and, of course, that means also that there are just a few survivors from the recent primary war.
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‘Warning: Beware of killer hot dogs’
When I was a child, my mother would warn my three older brothers and me during particularly exuberant bouts of horseplay that “it’s all fun and games until somebody pokes an eye out.”
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Well, I guess all this election excitement will last a little longer
And the winner is ... nobody yet!
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Even a newsman gets some training at county’s emergency exercise
I played good newsman Saturday, I guess. I showed up somewhere uninvited and participated in an activity, again without an invitation.
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‘The Great Getaways’
In my recent article “Take the Money and Run,” I chronicled how would-be bank robbers were foiled by their failure to adhere to some pretty basic principles of their chosen career: show up when the bank is actually open, write a legible stickup note, wear a disguise that actually works, and so forth.
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Exuberant personality? Joyously unrestrained, enthusiastic
A friend told me several years ago that I had an exuberant personality.
I probably thanked him, then went on my way, believing that he had just paid me a compliment. Based on my definition, he had told me that I had a happy, outgoing personality. -
Take the money and run
I like to think of myself as a law-abiding citizen, the type of person who would never do something like hold up a bank. Yet like so many of us who enjoy watching sports and playing Monday morning quarterback, I can’t help reading about failed robberies or watching “true crime” reality shows on television and thinking, “What a moron – I could do better than that.”
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Take the money and run
I like to think of myself as a law-abiding citizen, the type of person who would never do something like hold up a bank. Yet like so many of us who enjoy watching sports and playing Monday morning quarterback, I can’t help reading about failed robberies or watching “true crime” reality shows on television and thinking, “What a moron – I could do better than that.”
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The 411 on 911 ‘emergencies’ (Part 2 of 2)
In the previous installment of this series, we examined the unusual “emergencies” for which people have justified calling 911. Unfortunately, it doesn’t stop there, so we continue with our list of helpful hints on how not to use the emergency number.
Helpful Hint #4: Don’t Call 911 for Things Parents Should Be Able to Handle
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‘Trademark silliness in the courts’
