# statutory (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover statutory. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Candy and the Cage](https://shirenews.substack.com/p/the-candy-and-the-cage) _2026-07-14 · Shire Herald · Shire Herald_ A Completely Voluntary Guide to Giving Up Everything You Never Knew You Had ## [The Privatization of Police Policymaking (Palantir, Police1, Lexipol Media, Flock Safety, SPLC): Part III](https://shirenews.substack.com/p/the-privatization-of-police-policymaking-d03) _2026-06-16 · Shire Herald · Shire Herald_ The Non-Delegation Doctrine, and the Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law - A Memorandum ## [Curious About Federal Taxes?](https://shirenews.substack.com/p/curious-about-federal-taxes) _2026-05-13 · Shire Herald · Shire Herald_ STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION OF TITLE 26 DEFINITIONS ## [Palantir Part III: and The Privatization of Police Policymaking Part II: and Active Surveillance - Flock Safety](https://shirenews.substack.com/p/palantir-part-iii-and-the-privatization) _2026-05-07 · Shire Herald · Shire Herald_ A Benevolent Examination of the Corporate-State Surveillance Apparatus and the Path to Awareness ## [The Three Jurisdictions: Land, Sea, and Air](https://shirenews.substack.com/p/the-three-jurisdictions-land-sea) _2026-05-06 · Shire Herald · Shire Herald_ Historical Foundations, Constitutional Design, and the Modern Jurisdictional Landscape ## [Palantir Part II:](https://shirenews.substack.com/p/palantir-part-ii) _2026-05-05 · Shire Herald · Shire Herald_ Psychological Profile of Alex Karp Cross-Referenced with Palantir’s Universal Surveillance Architecture and the Corporate Police State ## [Palantir Part I](https://shirenews.substack.com/p/palantir-part-i) _2026-05-04 · Shire Herald · Shire Herald_ The Technological Republic Manifesto vs. Natural Law & Constitutional Protections ## [What are the Benefits of a Federal Trademark Registration?](https://www.waltmire.com/2026/04/09/what-are-the-benefits-of-a-federal-trademark-registration/) _2026-04-09 · Eric Waltmire · Eric Waltmire's Blog_ U.S. federal law recognizes trademark rights even without a federal trademark registration. 15 USC 1125(a). Unregistered trademark rights also may exist under state common law. Unregistered trademark rights generally are acquired by using a mark as a source identifier in the sale or provision of goods or services. If you can obtain trademark rights by … Continue reading "What are the Benefits of a… ## [Universal Driver's License Required?](https://shirenews.substack.com/p/universal-drivers-license-required) _2026-04-08 · Shire Herald · Shire Herald_ The Definitional Chain: Statutory Construction, Commercial Nexus, and the False Premise of Universal Licensing ## [Notice vs. Fraudulent Plates](https://shirenews.substack.com/p/notice-vs-fraudulent-plates) _2026-04-06 · Shire Herald · Shire Herald_ The Legal Distinction Between Exercise of Right and Misrepresentation ## [Stocks ranked by what execs say (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yizAIG85IPgy) _2026-04-06 · **Sponsored**_ Evidence-backed watchlists from earnings calls and filings, cited to real transcripts—not guesses. ## [The Privatization of Police Policymaking:](https://shirenews.substack.com/p/the-privatization-of-police-policymaking) _2026-04-05 · Shire Herald · Shire Herald_ An Investigative Report on Lexipol Media Group - Police 1 ## [Weighted Exercise Band Design Patent Infringement Complaint Dismissed for Failure to Identify Defendant’s Product](https://www.waltmire.com/2025/09/29/weighted-exercise-band-design-patent-infringement-complaint-dismissed-for-failure-to-identify-defendants-product/) _2025-09-29 · Eric Waltmire · Eric Waltmire's Blog_ If a design patent infringement complaint does not even identify the defendant’s accused product, it will be dismissed if challenged. Identifying the defendant’s internet store is not enough. A design patent infringement complaint was dismissed and an injunction vacated regarding a weighted exercise band where the complaint merely provided a defendant’s internet store name and … Continue reading… ## [Trademarks Rights Cast a Shadow Over Use of Copyright Expired Content](https://www.waltmire.com/2025/09/19/trademarks-rights-cast-a-shadow-over-use-of-copyright-expired-content/) _2025-09-19 · Eric Waltmire · Eric Waltmire's Blog_ If you reach out to Disney to see if it will object to your use of Steamboat Willie, you might get an unsatisfactory answer that includes reference to Disney’s claim to hold certain trademark rights. This happened to Morgan Global, who planned to broadcast an ad incorporating an adaption of the 1928 animated short film … Continue reading "Trademarks Rights Cast a Shadow Over Use of Copyright… ## [Plaintiff’s Claim for $500K in Statutory Trademark Damages Goes Down in Flames for Lack of Support](https://www.waltmire.com/2025/09/18/plaintiffs-claim-for-500k-in-statutory-trademark-damages-goes-down-in-flames-for-lack-of-support/) _2025-09-18 · Eric Waltmire · Eric Waltmire's Blog_ The court denied plaintiff’s, CELINE SA, request for damages against defaulting defendants stating the “Plaintiff’s requested relief here is entirely baseless” were the plaintiff sought $500,000 in statutory damages per defendant but did not provide any “meaningful description of the circumstances of infringement.” Further, “Plaintiff provides no information about the duration of Defendants’… ## [Defendants’ Profits of Less Than $700 Do Not Support Plaintiff’s Claim for $50,000 in Statutory Copyright Infringement Damages](https://www.waltmire.com/2025/09/17/defendants-profits-of-less-than-700-do-not-support-plaintiffs-claim-for-50000-in-statutory-copyright-infringement-damages/) _2025-09-17 · Eric Waltmire · Eric Waltmire's Blog_ Plaintiff flew too high with its $50,000 statutory damage claim for copyright infringement of its hummingbird feeder images. The court clipped damages to only $1000 per defaulting defendant. Plaintiff failed to explain why $50,000 was appropriate and reasonable in view of the four defendants’ respective profits of $253.77, $666.42, $91.44, and $226.24. Case: HB Feeder, … Continue reading… ## [Insufficient Explanation of Confusion and Plaintiff’s Products Dooms Schedule A Trademark Case](https://www.waltmire.com/2025/09/12/insufficient-explanation-of-confusion-and-plaintiffs-products-dooms-schedule-a-trademark-case/) _2025-09-12 · Eric Waltmire · Eric Waltmire's Blog_ Plaintiff’s motorcycle championship trademark claims in a Schedule A case ran out of gas at default judgment because they lacked sufficient factual detail. The complaint alleged that the defendants’ use of plaintiff’s MOTOGP trademarks to sell counterfeit products caused confusion. But, the complaint failed to provide facts explaining how or why a consumer would be … Continue reading "Insufficient… ## [Shipping options to Illinois not enough alone to confer personal jurisdiction in Schedule A trademark case](https://www.waltmire.com/2025/09/11/shipping-options-to-illinois-not-enough-alone-to-confer-personal-jurisdiction-in-schedule-a-trademark-case/) _2025-09-11 · Eric Waltmire · Eric Waltmire's Blog_ Screenshots of purchase pages on Walmart’s e-commerce platform showing shipping options to Illinois were not enough to confer specific personal jurisdiction over defendants in a Schedule A trademark case. There was no evidence of an actual sale to Illinois residents, written confirmation of sales with an Illinois shipping address, or shipping confirmation to an Illinois … Continue reading… ## [Claims Should Reflect the Described Computer Improvement to Avoid Patent-Eligibility Rejection](https://www.waltmire.com/2025/09/09/claims-should-reflect-the-described-computer-improvement-to-avoid-patent-eligibility-rejection/) _2025-09-09 · Eric Waltmire · Eric Waltmire's Blog_ When an invention improves the functioning of a computer it has a better chance of avoiding a section 101 patent eligibility rejection. The USPTO will typically look to the description in the patent application for the details of the improvement. MPEP § 2106.05(a). Yet, not only should the description explain the details of the improvement, … Continue reading "Claims Should Reflect the Described… ## [Similar Trademark Meaning Alone May Not Be Enough](https://www.waltmire.com/2025/09/08/similar-trademark-meaning-alone-may-not-be-enough/) _2025-09-08 · Eric Waltmire · Eric Waltmire's Blog_ The TTAB considers the appearance, sound, meaning, and commercial impression of two trademarks when considering whether there is a likelihood of confusion between them. Similarity in any one of appearance, sound, meaning, or commercial impression can result in a finding that the marks are similar. However, when the similarity is only present in the meaning, … Continue reading "Similar Trademark… ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wzR0qOKO5PgX) _2025-09-08 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Specimen Showing Downloadable Software for a Trademark Application](https://www.waltmire.com/2025/09/06/specimen-showing-downloadable-software-for-a-trademark-application/) _2025-09-06 · Eric Waltmire · Eric Waltmire's Blog_ The USPTO distinguishes between downloadable software and non-downloadable (e.g. web-based) software, placing them in different classes of goods/services. When claiming downloadable software in a trademark application, the USPTO looks for a specimen evidencing the software is downloadable. Typically that occurs via a specimen showing a “download” or similar link. In a recent case, the TTAB ……