would you care?.
would there be any repercussions?.
The ONLY way it would affect me is that I would lose all contact with my family. And it looks like that is same for everyone.
That is why their shunning practice works so well. Nobody cares about any other repercussions.
It is a cruel institution that works exactly as they want it to.
i just want to thank someone.
i just do not want to give you the details.
i did google it up, nothing manly so far..
Don't go to Wal-Mart! I lose brain cells every time I step in that place.
Go to Target! Here is the perfect bag! http://www.target.com/p/gift-bag-spritz/-/A-14244612#prodSlot=medium_1_11&term=gift+bags
i have tried copying the embed link from youtube and inserting in as html code in my messages.
it appears to be there in the preview box, but when i hit submit, it disappears!
what am i doing wrong?.
It worked! THanks! I was using the html button and inserting the "code".
i have tried copying the embed link from youtube and inserting in as html code in my messages.
it appears to be there in the preview box, but when i hit submit, it disappears!
what am i doing wrong?.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cyxh_1Zyk4
Just practicing.
i have tried copying the embed link from youtube and inserting in as html code in my messages.
it appears to be there in the preview box, but when i hit submit, it disappears!
what am i doing wrong?.
I have tried copying the embed link from youtube and inserting in as html code in my messages. It appears to be there in the preview box, but when I hit submit, it disappears! What am I doing wrong?
Please and thank you!
on the basis that most of us realise the w.t wasnt really the best " job" or way to spend our days, it would be fun to find out what people would really have liked to have done with there lifes and if this is still possible.
or maybe its not even a very realistic ambition just a dream.
in my dreams i stay at home all day and make a living from being a professional artist.maybe i need a phycholgist?.
It's never too late to pursue your dreams. Go for it!
tl;dr: jw.org and jw library is not trademarked because the us patent office keeps refusing their application.
i don't think either will ever be trademarked, as their design currently stands.
jw rank & file can make all the cheap promotional crap they want and the watchtower can't do a thing about it (legally anyway.).
Actually, if you do a search for all logos with JW in there, there are a few. I think it's funny they rejected it based on the similarity to JW PLAYER, when it looks nothing like it. JW PLAYER does like a whole like JW LIBRARY, which they are also trying to copyright, though.
It said in the paperwork, that the reason they rejected it based on similarities is because they are just looking at the JW part of it. The papers said what comes after it is not important because most consumers will look at the JW part first and associate the logo with the wrong company.
the jehovahs witnesses official web site logo incorporating jw.org has been refused registration by the united states patent and trademark office due to similarity to jw player.. section 2(d) refusal likelihood of confusionclass 42. for the reasons set forth below, the refusal under trademark act section 2(d) is now made final with respect to u.s. registration no(s).
this refusal is limited to the class 42 services in the application.. applicants mark is jw.org & design, for use with, inter alia, providing a web site that gives computer users the ability to download audio and video recordings, dvds, music, digital print publications, online publications, documents, forms and web pages all in the field of religion, in class 42. the cited mark is jw player, for use with downloadable computer software for playing, viewing and streaming audio and video files in class 09.. .
documents available to download at jw leaks.. http://jwleaks.org/2014/06/19/jw-org-logo-denied-trademark-status-in-the-united-states/.
Is it just me? Does no one else think it is significant that they are trying to trademark a logo that is different from the one they are actually using? The dot is in the wrong place. And in a trademarked logo, that little change is significant, I think.
I think it was just an accident because they are idiots!
the jehovahs witnesses official web site logo incorporating jw.org has been refused registration by the united states patent and trademark office due to similarity to jw player.. section 2(d) refusal likelihood of confusionclass 42. for the reasons set forth below, the refusal under trademark act section 2(d) is now made final with respect to u.s. registration no(s).
this refusal is limited to the class 42 services in the application.. applicants mark is jw.org & design, for use with, inter alia, providing a web site that gives computer users the ability to download audio and video recordings, dvds, music, digital print publications, online publications, documents, forms and web pages all in the field of religion, in class 42. the cited mark is jw player, for use with downloadable computer software for playing, viewing and streaming audio and video files in class 09.. .
documents available to download at jw leaks.. http://jwleaks.org/2014/06/19/jw-org-logo-denied-trademark-status-in-the-united-states/.
I posted about this a few days ago. It is not dead in the water yet. They have until September to reply and possibly get it patented.
an enlightning and disturbing story in today's atlantic.. ginger.
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http://m.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/06/the-seven-signs-youre-in-a-cult/361400/.
There are many different definitions and signs of "cults" as there are religions. It seems to be a rather loaded word that get people on the defense or offense pretty quickly.
Even Jesus started what some would consider (and some considered at that time) a cult.
No one would argue that Witnesses are an unhealthy, high conrol religious group, though. (Except Witnesses, of course.) And they do fit the profile of some definitions of a cult, but not all.
