Be careful if you're driving today, Erin!
Hope it all works out.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
lisah - Sep 17, 2010 5:24:04 am PDT #2996 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Strix - Sep 17, 2010 5:25:58 am PDT #2997 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
New doctor is VERY close to my house. 3 minutes drive, so I will be ok.
And now, I go to get ze cat litter and ze milk. Distractions, keeping busy. Yay.
Dana - Sep 17, 2010 5:31:05 am PDT #2998 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
In Spanish, it's a very common name, especially for Cubans, since it's the name of the patron saint of the island. A more interesting point of fact is that it's a common word that's been appropriated as a name, much like Mercy or Patience in English.
I was gonna say. The whole thing sounds crazy to me.
Volans - Sep 17, 2010 5:46:56 am PDT #2999 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Maybe she should C&D Cuba.
amych - Sep 17, 2010 5:48:43 am PDT #3000 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Hell, C&D all the religions. If they weren't so into this "charity" bizness, people wouldn't be naming their kids after it.
Sparky1 - Sep 17, 2010 5:49:01 am PDT #3001 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
Patent, copyright & trademark / by Richard Stim.
Berkeley, Calif. : Nolo, c2010.
11th ed.
p.446
names as marks
Names that are primarily surnames (last names) are considered weak and cannot be listed on the Principal Register unless they acquire a secondary meaning (for example, Heinz, Macy's, Miller). First names and nicknames, unless very unusual or memorable as a mark but not as a name, need to acquire secondary meaning by becoming very well known over time before others can be stopped from using them.
Example: "Henry's" is a mark used to advertise the Henry Weinhart's line of beers. Over time, "Henry's" has become associated in the public's mind with the underlying product and therefore has taken on a secondary meaning. If Henry Clark came along and used his first name to advertise his line of beers, the Henry Weinhart company could probably successfully sue him for infingement of its Henry's mark.
Amy - Sep 17, 2010 5:56:27 am PDT #3002 of 30000
Because books.
Example: "Henry's" is a mark used to advertise the Henry Weinhart's line of beers. Over time, "Henry's" has become associated in the public's mind with the underlying product and therefore has taken on a secondary meaning. If Henry Clark came along and used his first name to advertise his line of beers, the Henry Weinhart company could probably successfully sue him for infingement of its Henry's mark.
But in the case of authors, who are then qualifying with a surname, that argument won't hold up, will it? Especially if they're publishing different kinds of books?
Sparky1 - Sep 17, 2010 5:59:03 am PDT #3003 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
But in the case of authors, who are then qualifying with a surname, that argument won't hold up, will it? Especially if they're publishing different kinds of books?
I am not an IP attorney. But Other Person with that Name is full of shit.
Amy - Sep 17, 2010 6:01:31 am PDT #3004 of 30000
Because books.
But Other Person with that Name is full of shit.
That's what I thought.
Volans - Sep 17, 2010 6:23:42 am PDT #3005 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Yay! The shelter just called, so I'm off to go get our new baby boy and baby girl kitties!
I'll send the contents of their litterboxes to the other author, who is so very much not living up to her name.