We've been making our own for years. Get yourself a nice side of Pacific (NOT Atlantic) wild (NOT farmed) Coho or Chinook and put it in a smoker box for about 40 minutes. Your fishmonger may even pull the pinbones for you, if not look on Lifehacker for the bowl trick. Smoking doesn't take long and you want the smoke to do the work instead of the heat, so use lots of pre-soaked wood chips and fewer coals. Fresh lox beats Gotham lox by a mile.
They have to protect their trademark or they will loose it and some Jamaican guys will start calling themselves Mounties, and then where will be? Those red wool coats are hot man, those Jamaican dudes won't last a day! Won't someone think of the child\\\ poli\\ Jamaicans?
I see the picture and the name of the restaurant and I think they are making BBQ Bat (not that there is anything wrong with that). I do not think of DC comics.
I'm annoyed that DC appears to that *nobody* can use the outline of a bat because of their crappy franchise because that doesn't seem right. I went to their website to register a complain but the DC Contact Us page only has mailto: links for money making opportunities. Instead, I'll vote with my wallet and no longer see a DC franchise movie, or buy toys or comic bo\\ graphic novels. Sorry DC, you've lost a potential customer thanks to your lawyers.
Also, as a student of classical guitar I can say that I have listened to many pieces in both MIDI and performance formats. While the MIDI is fine for getting basic timing when learning a piece it is NOT THE SAME as a live performance.
I am against typo squatting in all forms, especially people who squat on youth oriented domain names and then fill the pages with porn. Those folks should be sent to prison for a very long time. I am also against domain tasting because it temporarily removes domains from the pool at no cost to the taster.
I don't necessarily disagree with your core position, but I believe that your points are incorrect.
How is the registration of TexasSports.org deceitful and what gives TexasSports.com any right whatsoever to the .org domain name? According to WHOIS they registered .com 13 years before the .org version was registered. If it is important enough to them to take the case to court, they should have trademarked the term and found a few bucks to register the .org domain.
The TLD construct was created because the common name address space is actually quite limited (common words in every language, usually fewer than 30 characters long, excluding nonsense characters/words). There might be more than one organization in the great state of Texas that wants to promote sports, which is what the .org TLD is supposed to be used for, and which the .com TLD is not supposed to be used for.
Your bad faith argument is off base here because you over generalized. In this case the person noticed an opportunity and is taking a gamble that the scarce resource will increase in value. In all likelihood it will fester along and cost the guy $10 a year to keep it active, but that is OK with me too.
We aren't talking about a typosquatter registering GigleCars.com because he knows the some people will
typo GiggleCars.com. That is clearly a slimy thing to do. There is no law against it although the company would have a decent shot at getting the domain transferred to them.
We also aren't talking about someone registering GeorgeForemanFrills.com because he heard that George will be releasing a line of chef aprons called George Foreman Frills. This is also a slimy thing to do, but again, no law against it.
Finally, the .org domain is probably virtualized on a web farm so it isn't taking an IPv4 address.
This small band has done exactly the same thing. They play local gigs frequently and they go on the road for a few shows in nearby cities every month or two. They aggressively promote their tours and have a larger-than-normal bunch of logo'd merch, which is also free advertising. This strategy allows them to reach a lot of new people while cultivating their local fan base.
We had a large number of Hollywood movies to watch. Shane with Allan Ladd (1953), Westward Ho the Wagons! (1956) and Harvey (1950) to name just a few. You may notice that none of these were particularly current. We would have loved to watch something from the 60s. There was a fleet rumor that someone had once seen a movie from the 70s, but it was never proven.
Are curved line segments the exclusive domain of THF now? If that's so, then there are many companies who would beg to differ.
Now, as to their claim of exclusivity, here is what Wiki says about their logo:
"The North Face's logo consists of a slightly skewed quarter-circle with two lines running within it. This image is an interpretation of Half Dome, a massive granitic monolith in Yosemite National Park,[4] viewed from the west, with the sheer north (or northwest) face of Half Dome to the left." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_North_Face
Since when did the silhouette of Yosemite's Half Dome become TNF's property? Last time I was there I'm pretty sure I was in a *public* national park. Where is my cut for decades of profit?
Other than the generic word "the" how is 'The North Face' at all similar to 'The South Butt' ? In point of fact, it appears to be completely the opposite. Fail to see how this infringes in any way.
Also, personal WooHoo to me because I'm sure it was my ongoing email dialog with The North Face PR person(s) that made them change their mind.
Hi, I've been a North Face customer for around 30 years and I still have my first NF sleeping bag. However, I've decided that I no longer need to purchase their products.
I'm an intermediate-level musician who is still new enough to be experimenting with different styles. I'd drop $0.25 or $0.50 each for sheet music with tabs for his songs, if he had an easy micropayment system. I'd probably pay about the same for each MP3 that I wanted to learn. It is only fair to compensate him. Say, $0.75 per song for sheet music + a MP3, but no more than $1.00 for the pair considering I can buy an entire book of songs + a CD at the guitar store. Sure, he isn't going to get rich off of me, but it is an extra few bucks every few months.
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Re: Lox
Cheers
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Wait, you don't understand
\sarcasm
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Went and checked out his game
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MMM good
I'm annoyed that DC appears to that *nobody* can use the outline of a bat because of their crappy franchise because that doesn't seem right. I went to their website to register a complain but the DC Contact Us page only has mailto: links for money making opportunities. Instead, I'll vote with my wallet and no longer see a DC franchise movie, or buy toys or comic bo\\ graphic novels. Sorry DC, you've lost a potential customer thanks to your lawyers.
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Awesome to see a win for the good guys
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I won't ready unsourced articles either
I hate mouseovers that purport to give me 'more information' about a word but really just cover the article for 5 seconds.
Finally, TAM. Wow, The Google Machine has already indexed your unholy mix of Kanji and Kana. But please don't do that again. It hurts my head.
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Great project
Also, as a student of classical guitar I can say that I have listened to many pieces in both MIDI and performance formats. While the MIDI is fine for getting basic timing when learning a piece it is NOT THE SAME as a live performance.
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Re: Pink Pinwheel Snowflake A/C
I don't necessarily disagree with your core position, but I believe that your points are incorrect.
How is the registration of TexasSports.org deceitful and what gives TexasSports.com any right whatsoever to the .org domain name? According to WHOIS they registered .com 13 years before the .org version was registered. If it is important enough to them to take the case to court, they should have trademarked the term and found a few bucks to register the .org domain.
The TLD construct was created because the common name address space is actually quite limited (common words in every language, usually fewer than 30 characters long, excluding nonsense characters/words). There might be more than one organization in the great state of Texas that wants to promote sports, which is what the .org TLD is supposed to be used for, and which the .com TLD is not supposed to be used for.
Your bad faith argument is off base here because you over generalized. In this case the person noticed an opportunity and is taking a gamble that the scarce resource will increase in value. In all likelihood it will fester along and cost the guy $10 a year to keep it active, but that is OK with me too.
We aren't talking about a typosquatter registering GigleCars.com because he knows the some people will
typo GiggleCars.com. That is clearly a slimy thing to do. There is no law against it although the company would have a decent shot at getting the domain transferred to them.
We also aren't talking about someone registering GeorgeForemanFrills.com because he heard that George will be releasing a line of chef aprons called George Foreman Frills. This is also a slimy thing to do, but again, no law against it.
Finally, the .org domain is probably virtualized on a web farm so it isn't taking an IPv4 address.
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Enter The Haggis!
Plus, they put on a great show. http://www.enterthehaggis.com
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Ugliest web site *EVER*
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If you are filing the patent from Australia
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When I was deployed in the late 80s
Thanks Hollywood, for not helping our troops.
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IMNSHO he shouldn't have done it from that account
That being said, I stop far short of the lunatics and their complaints of "official White House endorsement" and an "abuse of power."
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Adding Subway to my personal list of banned companies
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Logos
The North Face Logo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Logo_The_North_Face.png
The South Butt Logo
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/The_South_Butt_logo.png
Are curved line segments the exclusive domain of THF now? If that's so, then there are many companies who would beg to differ.
Now, as to their claim of exclusivity, here is what Wiki says about their logo:
"The North Face's logo consists of a slightly skewed quarter-circle with two lines running within it. This image is an interpretation of Half Dome, a massive granitic monolith in Yosemite National Park,[4] viewed from the west, with the sheer north (or northwest) face of Half Dome to the left." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_North_Face
Since when did the silhouette of Yosemite's Half Dome become TNF's property? Last time I was there I'm pretty sure I was in a *public* national park. Where is my cut for decades of profit?
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Re: Fame Appeal
Also, personal WooHoo to me because I'm sure it was my ongoing email dialog with The North Face PR person(s) that made them change their mind.
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Lost me as a customer
I have also filled out a letter of complaint at http://northface.esecurecare.net/cgi-bin/northface.cfg/php/enduser/copy_cvg_inqry_form.php
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Re: Would I pay?
PayPal I suppose, ugh, but what's the solution?
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Babs!
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Re: G. Steve Arnold
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