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Authored by: Nivag on Tuesday, August 21 2012 @ 01:30 AM EDT
Oh!

You're just being a regular So-in-So!!

So there!!!

[Smilies omitted, due to budget constraints – so Americans, and other humour
impaired minorities, might need to seek professional advice.]

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Trade dress complaint may be updated
Authored by: IMANAL_TOO on Tuesday, August 21 2012 @ 02:28 AM EDT
From

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dress

"Although the exact parameters of protection are still uncertain, courts
are beginning to allow trade dress protection for the overall “look and feel” of
a website. In Blue Nile, Inc. v. Ice.com, Inc., the plaintiff sued the defendant
for copying the overall “look and feel” of plaintiff’s retail jewelry websites,
including the design of plaintiff’s search pages."

From http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=16544665442853652360

"Defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiffs third cause of action for trade
dress infringement under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) is DENIED."

but also

"It is unclear, however, whether a trade dress plaintiff must cling to the
precise language of a trade dress as stated in a complaint, or whether a
plaintiff may offer a revised formulation in another filing. There is at least
some support for the proposition that a plaintiff may offer an updated
formulation at a later stage in the litigation."

So, if the plaintiff may update his/her complaint, the defendant should be able
to update too, I guess.

Still, as we have a jury rather soon that may be all too late. It would have to
come from an appeal, if they lose.


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Sometimes you're the wind shield
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 21 2012 @ 09:26 AM EDT
Sometimes you're the bug...

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2012/08/02/august-2012-web-server-survey.html

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Tools Never Die. Waddaya Mean, Never?
Authored by: SilverWave on Tuesday, August 21 2012 @ 02:49 PM EDT
Tools Never Die. Waddaya Mean, Never?

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RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions

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