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[–] pbhj@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Not only do you not know what makes a potential trade mark generic, but you don't know what a straw man is either ...

You're sort of right about the names, but know of standing in this case has the given name "Demon Hunter", it's a band name.

Trade mark is a registered IP right, it doesn't matter if you intended to infringe it, you can't trade using someone else's registered name (in the same field of commerce, and same geographic area).

[–] pbhj@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Nintendo has a line of Demon Hunter games. D&D has a class Demon Hunter.

Fwiw, games and video games fall into difference Nice classes (commercial areas of application of trade marks). Without those things being international household names in and of themselves then it's not relevant; unless you were saying that Nintendo or a D&D company had registered the trade marks for music already.

[–] pbhj@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Basing your laws on the sex and colour of skin of the people you apply them too ... I think there are names for that.

[–] pbhj@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

You keep saying it's generic, but you clearly don't understand the term as used with trade marks. Generic means it describes a product. So "Step up" couldn't be used for a stair company as competitors couldn't then describe "adding a step up to your front door", or whatever, without risking infringement.

Genericisation then is when a trade mark becomes used descriptively - dumpster, is a classic example, another is jeep.

"Demon Hunters" would be generic if the business operation was hunting supernatural beasts and a judge determined that to be a real occupation ... a singer/songwriter who called themselves "Solo Artist" would be generic.

There's acquired distinctiveness too, which is why "pianoman" could be a trade mark (I'm not sure if it is, probably still not distinctive enough).

[–] pbhj@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The problem is that whilst the main issues we face are climate change and billionaires; it is still necessary to recognise that many immigrants have exploited their new host countries and we - in Western Europe at least - have been poor at weeding out the bad even when they're not hiding.

If you look globally, then The West is well off, a just balance of wealth means that almost all of us will have to be poorer. Humans are typified by greed, it drives us. In order to avoid major conflict we need leaders who have morality as a guide, but we're either too dumb or too greedy at a tribal level to rally behind these leaders.

[–] pbhj@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The military enabled him by ignoring their oath to uphold the constitution and deploying against USA cities.

It's a major problem, because you know the military support Trump instead of USA. Arguably USA died already.

[–] pbhj@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't know ... they followed the obviously illegal orders to go to war without congressional approval. They betrayed their oath to the constitution and favored Trump instead. Getting stiffed by Trump, as everyone expects of Trump, seems hardly something we should care about. Trump called them suckers, they chose to turn their backs on USA and follow Trump. It is of course sad when anyone gets hurt, but being willing participants in an unlawful and unjust war that is only about moving the stock market to make Trump rich ... when Trump has betrayed the constitution practically every day ...

[–] pbhj@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"He can't be arsed to work, he's just like me! I am so voting for him as PM!!"

Sadly, this sort of idiocy wins votes. Farage's whole political career has been about avoiding doing any work, claiming excessive expense repayments, and pretending that it's a political position.

[–] pbhj@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Well, so long as the Secretary of War isn't involved, then it's probably not a war ...

[–] pbhj@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It's the USAmerican way, apparently. Endorsed by the majority of voters.

[–] pbhj@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I mean, add it to the large pile of constitutional violations the Trump regime have made. They need to be made to care. As the military kow-towed to them without even a pause, violating their sworn oath, there's not much left but the thinnest of remnant of rule of law.

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