Brookfield Commc’ns inc. v. west coast video: - Use of Brookfield’s MovieBuff trademark by West Coast as a domain name was infringement. o Confusion as to source or sponsorship. - use of Brookfield’s Moviebuff trademark by in West Coast’s keyword metatags was infringement. o Initial interest confusion. Trademarks online: Playboy v. Netscape- We know from the lanham act (15 USC 1114) that “use in commerce” of plaintiff’s mark is an element of trademark infringement
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"Join Stan‚ Kenny‚ Kyle and Cartman as these four animated types take on the supernatural‚ the extraordinary and the insane. For them it is all part of growing up in South Park". It all started in 1995‚ when filmmakers Trey Parker and Matt Stone were hired by a Fox executive who paid them $2‚000 to make a video for him to send it as a Christmas card. The video was called "The spirit of Christmas" and showed an imaginary fight between Santa Claus and Jesus Christ. The video circulated around and
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thrill of Hawthorne’s astounding performance is not something you want to miss. Just watch this distinguished actor (a Tony winner for Shadowlands) dig into the part of a formal monarch and father of 15 who is suddenly shitting his pants‚ blaring obscenities and running amok like Jim Carrey. Experts say the king suffered from porphyria‚ a metabolic imbalance whose symptoms resemble madness. Since the court quacks don’t know this‚ they blister the king’s skin and sniff his stools. His son the prince
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In Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Pardoner’s Tale‚” the Pardoner serves as a moral exemplum in that his drunken and greedy habits highlight an opposite path of righteousness. The Pardoner embraces his love of wealth and alcohol however‚ and emerges as an exemplum of transparency in addition to sin. The Pardoner is in fact a skilled preacher who uses language to persuasively advertise his false relics. He specifically personifies medieval rhetoric‚ or the use of poetic tropes such as metaphor and exemplum
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Hamlet: Scene Three‚ Four and Five Questions A.P English Madeleine Livingston 11/11/09 1. Laertes warns his sister‚ Ophelia to regard Hamlet with only innocent flirting and not any permanent affection. He knows that Hamlet choice for love does not depend upon his own will. He tells Ophelia that she is too far below his birth for him too truly love him honestly. He does not want her to damage the beauty of her budding youth‚ by giving it away. He believes Ophelia to only be the brief subject
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Cultural differences have always been the main severance between many cultures. Often‚ cultural differences have one thing in common‚ religion. Most cultures tend to have different religious beliefs. Thus‚ segregation based on beliefs begins to happen‚ which often leads to strong disagreement and in worst case scenario‚ war. In the Novel Black Robe‚ written by Brian Moore‚ the development of Father Laforge’s and Daniel’s acceptance towards the Algonquian culture and beliefs‚ change drastically throughout
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certain events. They live for the glam life with little or no focus on their craft. Compared to how showbiz was in Nigeria in the 80s and 90s‚ entertainment in Nigeria today has been extremely polluted with negative lyrics. Movies now celebrate obscenity with total and absolute disregard for the moral values we hold dear and sacred in this part of the world. Entertainers are more concerned about the size of their bank accounts and how they look in front of the cameras for the paparazzi. Nobody cares
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audience laugh‚ it paves a path for the audience to chime in and think that it is okay to behave that way. Perhaps the person making the joke is hiding behind the shallowness in order to prevent exposing their own insecurities? Maybe they’re using obscenities and humiliation as a self-defense mechanism. I never even thought about the bigger picture until now. Ms. Angelou is right. Nothing should stop us from saying “that’s wrong.” We don’t have to laugh at someone else’s mean joke just because it’s
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In 1978 a radio station owned by Pacifica Foundation Broadcasting out of New York City was doing a program on contemporary attitudes toward the use of language. This broadcast occurred on a mid-afternoon weekday. Immediately before the broadcast the station announced a disclaimer telling listeners that the program would include "sensitive language which might be regarded as offensive to some."(Gunther‚ 1991) As a part of the program the station decided to air a 12 minute monologue called
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fact that restrictions of Freedom of Speech need to be applied and enforced to protect citizens. I am going to be talking about the need to protect children from the exposure to obscene‚ offensive‚ or potentially damaging materials. Definition of obscenity: utterly without redeeming social importance. My Arguments: 1. Yes‚ there are some laws that protect children online like the Children Online Protection Act (COPA) which restricts access by minors to any harmful material and the Children Internet
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