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Ready for CES 2018!!!
Those of you that know me, or if you have been reading me for some time, know that I am a fan of technology. I do not consider myself an early adopter, but always like to understand what is coming new, how the technology works and its potential impact in society.I...
La Phoenikera, your place for all things in town
Congratulations to La Phoenikera for getting your trademark registered with the United States Trademark Office. Here is how they describe themselves: "La Phoenikera is a hyperlocal online publication for those who don’t fit in a mold; who listen...
Big Brothers fighting over your privacy and records
In 2018 the US Supreme Court will take a legal case involving Microsoft refusal to release emails in order to continue police investigations relating to drug trafficking, child pornography, terrorism, and fraud. For decades, regardless if a warrant is...
Inventario y Botiquín de Primeros Auxilios del Inmigrante
Hoy en dia hay mucha confusión en cuanto a la dirección que Estados Unidos tomara con inmigrantes que están presentes en sus fronteras. Hay un número de órdenes ejecutivas confusas así como nuevas directivas que no auguran lo mejor...
Preparándonos para INC Monterrey en Noviembre
Con mucha emoción y felicidad les comparto de que estaré nuevamente en Monterrey para el evento INCMTY 2017 que se llevará a cabo del 16 al 18 de Noviembre en la ciudad de Monterrey, Nuevo León en México. Este evento ya...
Catholic monk sues cosmetics giant L’Oreal
In the summer of 2017, a Catholic monk became outraged by famous cosmetic company, L’Oreal, and sued the cosmetics giant for copying his anti-aging patented technology formula which he was selling as a charity to give money to the poor. Dennis...
Stranger Things happen in this Bar
Stranger Things happening to Netflix. Recently, a bar in Chicago opened, it called itself "The Upside Down”. As you can imagine the bar sported an atmosphere celebrating the Netflix original show Stranger Things. This venture was unknown to...
No Monkeying around with Selfies
A lawsuit has been settled in San Francisco over copyright ownership of a “monkey selfie” taken on a photographer’s camera back in 2011 in Sulawesi, Indonesia. PETA,also known as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, filed a lawsuit...
The limits of Trolling the Trolls
When Taylor Ragg made some public postings with the intention to harass an undocumented student in Transylvania University he never thought he would be the trolled at the end.There is a website under his name called taylorragg.com but Taylor himself did not...
Death by Overuse: How brands become generic?
Thank you Bhavini Mistry for your diligent research and writings. Another of her contributions here.Sometime in your life, you have used products as a generic word in a conversation. Some examples would include “Do you have a band-aid”, “Want...