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  Big_Mike (profile), Dec 10th, 2010 @ 6:01am

  
  

  Bully

  The biggest bully in school probably coudn't handle being bullied if they had never had to deal with it before.

   

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  :Lobo Santo (profile), Dec 10th, 2010 @ 7:09am

  
  

  Re: Bully

  In my experience, the biggest bully in school also cannot handle being on the receiving end of an ass-whooping. Just saying...

   

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  Whatis42? (profile), Dec 10th, 2010 @ 7:19am

  
  

  Re: Bully

  Which is what made it so easy to bait the biggest bully into getting themselves in serious trouble, or so I thought?

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Dec 10th, 2010 @ 6:56am

  
  

  Folha = Leaf, sheet of paper.
  Falha = Failure
  
  The Brazilian courts are notorious for their corruption, although they like to pretend otherwise.
  
  About the limitations of copyright and trademarks in Brazil there is almost none, but that is not surprising in a country that coded in their new constitution that anonymity is illegal.
  
  http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2010/08/no_satire_or_parody_in_brazil.html
  
  http://www.manag ingip.com/Article/1321310/Channel/194878/Brazil-How-to-protect-famous-trade-marks.html
  
  http://www .serioninfo.com/us/brazil/BrandingBrazil.html
  
  

  “The more aggressive trademark owners are in securing their rights, the better protection their mark will have,” she says. “Owners should view thorough trademark research and monitoring as wise investments in their brand’s equity.”

  
  
  Now that is just wrong.
  
  

  1. The defence
  
  Parody is a defence to trade mark infringement in Brazil. The Brazilian Industrial Property Law, section 132, IV establishes: "The owner of a mark may not prevent the mention of the mark in speeches, scientific or literary works or in any other type of publication, provided that it is without any commercial connotation and without prejudice to its distinctive character."

  
  
  http://www.managingip.com/Article/2701920/Does-it-matter-if-the-judge-laughs.html
  
  The ambiguity of the law make it almost sure the "Falha de Sao Paulo" will be stomped.

   

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  Almeida, Dec 13th, 2010 @ 3:51am

  
  

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  Notorious for their corruption? How do you know?Fucking loser!!!

   

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  thublihnk (profile), Dec 10th, 2010 @ 7:25am

  
  

  EPIC FALHA

   

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  Lucas, Dec 10th, 2010 @ 8:42am

  
  

  Falha

  This case happenned some time ago, during the national election proccess. Folha is a right-wing neocon newspaper (I.E.: they released in the front page a large acusation calling the left-wing candidate, Dilma, a TERRORIST and used a false document in order to try to prove it).
  
  The parody was about this kind of thing.
  It's about politics, nothing more.

   

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  the real Falha *has* been standing up, Dec 10th, 2010 @ 1:38pm

  
  

  so 'Folha' is a typo that Falha has not yet fixed..

  that explains the validity of the trademark complaint ;-)

   

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  Overcast (profile), Dec 10th, 2010 @ 8:54am

  
  

  This story makes all the fun of it one would ever want to see. It seems the newspaper made themselves look like a real tabloid-level joke.
  
  I concur with thublihnk as well: "EPIC Falha"

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Dec 10th, 2010 @ 8:56am

  
  

  Falha Epico! (Epic Fail)

  Folha d S.P is indeed an organ of the gov't there. I don't know why they are bothering with trademark infringement when they can just have them brought offline; probably need the cover since it's a connected world now.
  
  One thing about using capitalists tools to suppress what you don't like, is that they are sharp at both ends. Playing the trademark card opens up a trademark debate.
  
  -C

   

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  Marcos, Dec 12th, 2010 @ 9:03am

  
  

  Re: Falha Epico! (Epic Fail)

  Actually Falha is NOT an "organ of the government", as you say, it is a private newspaper (and part of a huge media group).

   

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  Marcos, Dec 12th, 2010 @ 9:04am

  
  

  Re: Re: Falha Epico! (Epic Fail)

  Sorry, I meant FOLHA. :-)

   

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  subhashpal (profile), Dec 13th, 2010 @ 2:26am

  
  

  chocolate

  chocolate

   

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