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New York (CNN Business)Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and a major donor to Republican politicians, died late Monday following complications related to his cancer treatment, his company said. He was 87.
Adelson took a leave of absence from Sands last week to resume treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which his aides first disclosed in late February 2019.
(Featured image is "Some birds hanging out at the Sands Casino in Atlantic City" by iirraa is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Comment →In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump’s supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users across Parler, a platform founded to provide conservative users a safe haven for uninhibited “free speech” — but which ultimately devolved into a hotbed of far-right conspiracy theories, unchecked racism, and death threats aimed at prominent politicians.
The researcher, who asked to be referred to by their Twitter handle, @donk_enby, began with the goal of archiving every post from January 6, the day of the Capitol riot; what she called a bevy of “very incriminating” evidence. According to the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, among others, Parler is one of a number of apps used by the insurrections to coordinate their breach of the Capitol, in a plan to overturn the 2020 election results and keep Donald Trump in power.
(Featured image is "A radio tracking device on a Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) at the Cotswold Falconry Centre" by Anguskirk and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Comment →From Twitter Safety:
After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021
(Featured image is "Free Bird" by Ennev and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Comment →From DFW's CBS:
DALLAS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Chief Judge Barbara Lynn of the Northern District of Texas has reversed a previous ruling of the Court that had dismissed all claims against the City of Dallas in the murder of Botham Jean.
The federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Dallas is now allowed to proceed once an amended lawsuit is filed.
We discussed Amber Guyger getting indicted here.
We discussed her trial here.
(Featured image is Botham Jean from The Botham Jean Foundation/Facebook)
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I’d like to joke that it must be a slow day at the Nike legal department, but the logo really does bear a strong resemblance to the Nike/Jordan logo, just rotated. Even the off-arm is in about the same position. That’s not to imply any intention on the part of CrossFit, just that even if inadvertently they came too close, imo.Report
I’m no Chicagoan or a huge Jordan fan, but it looks like a rotated Jumpman to me.Report
IANAL, but I know some vague things about the spirit of trademark law. The critical question that must be answered is whether it could conceivably be confusing to customers. And this includes not only loyal customers, but also those who might only be vaguely aware with the logos. Could someone look at the Crossfit logo and mistakenly think Nike has some association with it? I think the answer is yes. It could be confusing. Crossfit should stop using it.Report
It’s incredibly not similar and I have a hard time believing Nike would prevail if it came to court. Of course, outcomes (from what I’ve seen tend) to be pretty unpredictable even when the facts of the case seem obvious either way. (obvious disclaimer – IANAL).
Certainly I have seen things with significantly more similar logos pass than this.
Of course, I am biased in that I find trademarks to be dramatically overbroad and fundamentally flawed. Would you suggest that Nike should essentially own all silhouetted images of jumping persons with legs kicked?Report
Huh, I’d think Crossfit would get their butt handed to them, not only because to me it is *extremely* similar, but both companies are in the fitness business, causing concern over possible consumer confusion.
But if you’re right, I can go ahead and open my new fast-food restaurant, WacDonald’s. My logo will be a large, curved, yellow “W”.
Like inverted arches.Report
You may also have to worry about lawsuits from McDowell’s.Report
I’ve told this story before, but when I was living in Frankfurt I kept seeing pizza delivery cars with the Domino’s logo/colors, but they said “Romino’s”.
I asked my German friend about them and he said they had originally just been “Domino’s”, but completely unaffiliated with the American company (they just straight-up ripped off the logo design and name).
After (US) Domino’s came after them legally (I think they were planning or had already expanded into operations there?), they changed the ‘D’ to an ‘R’, and kept on truckin’.Report
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft
was far funnier.Report