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Nov 20, 2014 - 12:21 PM
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Tall Guy
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I have in the past worked in a large entity where I faced the occasional threats of legal action, my reaction has always been - with glassed over eyes - 'go ahead and stand in line with everyone else suing everyone'. Thor is right, it is so totally out of hand in the US that it has absolutely no meaning whatsoever as a threat anymore, it is not in the least bit scary at all. And the kind of people that usually threaten suits are most often the least educated and the most desperate. Unfortunately, as in the real Mcdonald's hot coffee case, the judges and jury sometimes do not have the least common sense, and award millions of dollars for something that could have been prevented if the plantiff had any intelligence. As far as copyright law it has has gotten pretty out of hand as far as suits, although I think they are more often thrown out for lack of substance. Of course there was the recent absurdity about the self help author trying to claim HOW as a private copyright and suing the yogurt company. This guy is a real yutz. I dare you to read this absurdity. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/business/chobani-and-dov-seidman-wrestle-over-use-of-how-trademark.html?_r=0 I'm loving it! Oh, 'scuse me, someone's at the door...
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