The Second Circuit Court of Appeals decided that marks need not be “ substantially similar ” under the FTDA for dilution to occur when other factors supporting a finding of dilution, such as the distinctiveness of the famous mark and the degree of its recognition, were present.

In a message in the forum of Endtime Productions, and a substantially identical bulletin on the band's MySpace, Lars Stokstad stated that the reasons for the decision were that the last 2 and half years the only consistent members of the band have been Vrede and Vemod, and they have constantly had problems finding musicians willing to commit to Antestor.

Among several blockbuster stories in recent years was an investigation finding that employees of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power are paid substantially more than similar employees in other city agencies.

The District Court upheld Pfaff's patent, but the Court of Appeals reversed, finding the patent invalid because the invention was " substantially complete " at the time of the sale.

An ethics of communication along the lines suggested by Jürgen Habermas suffers, according to Vattimo, from finding itself in a substantially ahistorical position, while oscillating between formalism and cultural relativism ( 1992: 117 ).

Hallgren's algorithm, which can be interpreted as an algorithm for finding the group of units of a real quadratic number field, was extended to more general fields by.

Bernoulli's work extended to finding the radius of curvature of curves expressed in these coordinates.

Examples include the decision problem forms of finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers, and determining what answer the extended Euclidean algorithm would return when given two numbers.

Nussbaum later extended her examination to Seneca's contribution to political philosophy showing considerable subtlety and richness in his thoughts about politics, education and notions of global citizenship and finding a basis for reform minded education in Seneca's ideas that allows her to propose a mode of modern education which steers clear of both narrow traditionalism and total rejection of tradition.

Finally, some programmers extended the constant distance trick used for Doom by finding the line of constant distance for arbitrary polygons and rendering along it.

Life centered on her parents finding work, their extended family, and the Baptist Church, where she sang solos every Sunday.

The importance of an extended family is one that many people may not realize, but having a support system and many forms of income may help people today because of the difficulties in finding a job and bringing in enough money.

Dorais and Klyve extended this range to 9. 7 without finding such a prime .< ref > In December 2011, another search was started by the PrimeGrid project.

Although the concept of circles and spheres can be extended to hyperbolic space, finding the densest packing becomes much more difficult.

Dr. Lyons, one of the scientists in this study, suggests that this finding may be applicable to astronauts during extended periods in zero gravity.

Although Woodfull was a devout Methodist, he would show a deep concern in the personal welfare of all players, which extended to finding the location of the nearest Catholic Church for those teammates who followed the religion.

Modular exponentiation can be performed with a negative exponent e by finding the modular multiplicative inverse d of b modulo m using the extended Euclidean algorithm.

The social dimension involves finding and collaborating with people, development of both close networks and extended networks, and dialogue.

* HP-71B — Handheld model natively programmable in an extended BASIC language including a RAM-based filesystem, recursion, multiline user-defined functions and subprogram calling with parameter passing, but also capable of accepting plug-in ROM modules to provide such functionalities as full I / O capabilities to any type of device ( printers, mass storage, measurement instruments ), programmability in other languages ( Forth, Assembler ), advanced math capabilities ( such as matrix operations, support for complex numbers, multidimensional numerical integration and root finding, Fast Fourier Transforms, etc.

The novels were written largely in response to the events of World War II and the Nazi occupation of France, and express certain significant shifts in Sartre's philosophical position towards ' engagement ' ( commitment ) in both life and literature, finding their resolution in the extended essay L ' existentialisme est un humanisme ( Existentialism is a Form of Humanism ), which was criticized from both sides of the existentialist fence.

The novel takes the form of an extended reminiscence and begins with the narrator finding a photograph of Johnno among his recently deceased father's belongings.

The problem can be extended to three or more people, but the method for finding an optimum solution becomes complicated.

A prohibitory order against a specific mailer, although the language of the application form implies that explicit sexual content is the only basis for finding a mailpiece offensive, has been extended by case law to allow the recipient to declare any mailpiece obscene, for any reason whatsoever, with no requirement to state the reason ( s ) for taking offense.

Darwin discovered fossils resembling huge armadillos, and noted the geographical distribution of modern species in hope of finding their " centre of creation ".

Mario then sets out to rescue her from Tatanga, traveling through the four geographical areas of Sarasaland and defeating Tatanga's minions along the way, as well as finding the monsters that pretend to be Daisy in order to fool Mario.

* From 1995 to 2004, Viroinval was the location of the geographical centre of the European Union, at coordinates in Oignies-en-Thiérache, and a monument there records that finding.

But even a geographical map fully embodies in itself a set of strict rules for finding one's way through a region of otherwise uncharted experience.

Rather than finding uncontested market niches, the attacker could also look for uncontested geographical areas.

( 1984 ), who measured approximately 20, 000 skulls, finding the same East Asian → European → African pattern but warning against using the findings as indicative of racial traits, " If one merely lists such means by geographical region or race, causes of similarity by genogroup and ecotype are hopelessly confounded ".

The related term geocoding refers to the process of taking non-coordinate based geographical identifiers, such as a street address, and finding associated geographic coordinates ( or vice versa for reverse geocoding ).

Thus, computing includes designing and building hardware and software systems for a wide range of purposes ; processing, structuring, and managing various kinds of information ; doing scientific studies using computers ; making computer systems behave intelligently ; creating and using communications and entertainment media ; finding and gathering information relevant to any particular purpose, and so on.

Probably the largest population lives in Antarctic waters, where they range up to the edge of the pack ice and are believed to venture into the denser pack ice, finding open leads much like beluga whales in the Arctic.

Since the inception of the theories, various studies have expanded the range of possible cycles, finding longer or shorter cycles in the data.

Capital ships were fitted with spotting tops high up on masts with range finding equipment, while ship design was altered to place turrets on the centre line of the ship for improved accuracy.

One can sum the probability over energies between E < sub > f </ sub > − eV and E < sub > f </ sub > to get the number of states available in this energy range per unit volume, thereby finding the local density of states ( LDOS ) near the Fermi level.

Lyrics range from depression, relationships, finding ones self, betrayal and even about Aaron's thoughts about becoming a father in the song Zoe Jane from 14 Shades of Grey.

A common use of ultrasound is in range finding ; this use is also called SONAR, ( sound navigation and ranging ).

Although range finding underwater is performed at both sub-audible and audible frequencies for great distances ( 1 to several kilometers ), ultrasonic range finding is used when distances are shorter and the accuracy of the distance measurement is desired to be finer.

Although there are a few hundred known open clusters within that age range, a variety of reasons limit the chances of finding a member of an open cluster in a planetary nebula phase.

A choral non-solo contralto may also have a low range down to D3 ( thus perhaps finding it easier to sing the choral tenor part ), but some would have difficulty singing above E5.

Many binoculars have range finding reticle ( scale ) superimposed upon the view.

However, Q-switched lasers can also be used for measurement purposes, such as for distance measurements ( range finding ) by measuring the time it takes for the pulse to get to some target and the reflected light to get back to the sender.

The uncertainties described above, however, do not undermine the robust finding of an observed long-term increase in global mean temperature, which is supported by a wide range of evidence ( discussed below ).

It maintains 20 local bureaus, but governments criticised often attempt to obstruct the radios ' activities through a range of tactics, including extensive jamming, shutting down local re-broadcasting affiliates, or finding legal excuses to close down offices.

To provide access to the reproductions, the project developed a range of descriptive elements: bibliographic records, finding aids, and introductory texts and programs, as well as indexing the full texts for certain types of content.

The general constraint satisfaction problem consists in finding a list of integers x = ( x, x, ..., x ), each in some range

The term " Morgellons " was introduced by stay-at-home mother Mary Leitao in 2004 to describe a skin condition characterized by a range of cutaneous ( skin ) symptoms including crawling, biting, and stinging sensations ; finding fibers on or under the skin ; and persistent skin lesions ( e. g., rashes or sores ).

Conversely, if the difference in price is near zero, but the more costly competitor would convey an enormous battlefield advantage through special ammunition, radar fire control and laser range finding, enabling it to destroy enemy tanks accurately at extreme ranges, military planners may choose it instead — based on the same cost effectiveness principle.

TRIZ presents a systematic approach for analysing the kind of challenging problems where inventiveness is needed and provides a range of strategies and tools for finding inventive solutions.

Not finding the postmaster, he went back out to the parking lot and shot his supervisor several times at close range, ostensibly to make sure she was dead.