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Every once in a while you get a trademark bullying story that meets a just and proper end. Almost a year ago, we discussed how Louis Vuitton, famous maker of luxury fashion products and infamous trademark bully, did its bullying thing when it opposed the trademark application for a company in the UK called L V Bespoke. Louis Vuitton asserted that only it could use the letters “L” and “V” in its...
Despite the best efforts of automakers and companies like Apple, states continue to push forward with popular “right to repair” reforms that make it easier and more affordable for consumers to repair tech they own.
While they vary in potency, New York, Oregon, California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Maine, and Minnesota have all now passed some flavor of right to repair reforms. Colorado just got...
The Fifth Circuit Appeals Court has a particularly antagonistic relationship with long-held constitutional rights. It is, without argument, the most cop-friendly circuit in the nation — one that has managed to surpass even the generous immunity-or-else guidelines set down by the Supreme Court often enough that the nation’s top court has had to roll back rulings from this set of circuit judges....
If you were to ask someone to state the birthday of someone else, and the person asked just made up a date, which was not the actual birthday, would you argue that the individual’s privacy had been violated? Would you argue that there should be a legal right to demand that the person explain how they came up with the made-up date and to permanently “store” the proper birth date in their mind?
Or...
Well, things certainly suck for cops looking to hassle minorities and/or engage in roadside fishing expeditions in California. And the cops have no one to blame but themselves.
Five hundred thirty-five agencies conducted a total of 4,575,725 stops from January 1, 2022 toDecember 31, 2022.
Black individuals were stopped 131.5 percent more frequently than expected, given their relative...
MagStack is the perfect on-the-go wireless charging station that also transforms into a phone stand for FaceTime or video playback while charging. This 3-in-1 foldable design featuring 3 wireless charging spots, enables charging for up to 3 devices simultaneously, including iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPods Pro, AirPods with Wireless Charging Case, other Qi-compatible Android phones, and Bluetooth...
We keep pointing to research that suggests the narrative around “social media is bad for kids” is simply not supported by the data. Over and over again, we see studies that suggest that adults are overreacting to a few limited cases. Sometimes, problematic social media use seems to be due to a lack of systems in place to help with mental health issues, leading kids to spend more time on social...
For years, big ISPs have made it abundantly clear that they dream of being able to abuse their gatekeeper power over telecom markets to tilt the playing field in their favor. Whether it was Verizon’s early attempts to force you to buy their GPS apps and mapping services, to AT...
While I’m still waiting for TikTok to release its 30-second long dancing interpretation of why the TikTok ban is unconstitutional, at least it’s now going to court to make the argument for real. It took maybe a week or so longer than expected, but TikTok and ByteDance have now officially filed their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the TikTok ban law.
This lawsuit was always going to...
The National Center for Missing...