This case centered on some sort of "intellectual property"
infringement related to a comic (see Exhibit A). The suit started
after a trailer ending with these words:
...was aired. A lawyer, armed with a Bigger Notebook, launched a
preemptive strike using snowballs. A complete copy of the trailer is
included with Exhibit B.
Exhibit A. The alleged rough copy comic.Exhibit B. The Rough Copy trailer.
The case was resolved out of court.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Jabberwocky (first verse). Lewis Carroll, 1832-98The castle through the ages: 1423, 1858, and 1999
respectively.The castle through the ages: 1423, 1858, and 1999 respectively.
Fiscal negotiations stumble in Congress as deadline nears
Barrak Obama and Harry Reid. White House press photograph.
Negotiations in Congress to end the fiscal impasse sputtered on Tuesday, leaving both
chambers
grasping for a way to reopen the government and raise the country's borrowing authority
with a
Thursday deadline drawing near.