bookwallah’s Comments

• Jan 28th, 2017 @ 7:47pm

  the word lead

  on Trump Campaign Wants To Trademark 'Keep America Great'
  "lead" only in the sense that a mule driver with a whip csn be said to lead the mule.
• Jan 28th, 2017 @ 7:45pm

  Re: laughing like hell

  on Trump Campaign Wants To Trademark 'Keep America Great'
  One of the Walpoles wisely said that "Life is a tragedy to those who feel, and a comedy to those who think." I too am immensely amused by Trump, not the first time I have agreed with Anonymous Coward. But in my more lucid moments I try to remember that his buffoonery will immiserate, and maybe cause the death of, countless human beings (and animals, given the likely end of factory-farming animal protection regulations). Now I am off to see what this The Purge is.
• Jan 28th, 2017 @ 7:37pm

  But you know how lawyers are

  on Jose Cuervo Loses Bid To Block Trademark Registration For Il Corvo Wine
  Agreed, this is absurd. But one or two court cases decades ago apparently established (in law, or in lawyers' minds) the idea that a trademark holder must vigorously oppose *all* even trivial, stretch, or good-cause infringing uses, or risk later losing cases of serious trademark infringements, as if the trademark was effectively abandoned property. Hence all those stories of big corporations sending cease and desist letters to kids' lemonade stands. The company might not really care, but it wants documentation of efforts to protect the trademark.
• Jun 28th, 2016 @ 5:39pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Senator Wyden Puts A Hold On Intelligence Authorization Bill To Block FBI Warrantless Surveillance
  Is Ron Wyden the only senator fighting the good fight to protect the Constitution on these issues? I can't think of a second, but I hope someone here can.
• May 27th, 2016 @ 12:52pm

  For Mac users, the price is great

  on Daily Deal: Limited Time Offer Scrivener
  If PC users save a couple of bucks, great, that is little enough compensation for their using Microsoft. Scrivener is a wonderful program if you are writing a complex project (e.g. novel or non-fiction book), I believe, given its file organization and ability to rearrange parts, and its ability to hold all of your notes and raw material. Scrivener does have a long learning curve, but it also has useful support and forum help.
• Mar 3rd, 2016 @ 7:41pm

  Re:

  on Surprise: Pro-Surveillance WSJ Editorial Board Sides With Apple Over FBI
  Anonymous Coward, half of my pleasure and interest in Techdirt comes from your comments.