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Last week, the Presidential Inaugural Committee began hawking official souvenirs on the QVC-TV shopping network. But back in September, Brian Harlin, owner of a Washington memorabilia shop, had started selling his Inaugural trinkets to the public. The committee fired off a "cease-and-desist" letter. Harlin scooped it by applying for a trademark for the Inaugural seal seven weeks before the Clintonites did. Approval is pending for both sides. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office says that although the trademark has not been maintained, use determines rights. Hence, lack of a trademark registration does not preclude protection. So which...
...faculty member teaching in nearby Harvard Hall asked Adams to desist his loud vocal protest because he said it was disturbing his class...
...spring of 1992, Maceda began reporting the loss and damage. She peppered her superiors with memos, suggested ways to improve security and raised concerns about the way the library police were handling crime scenes. Instructed to desist, she wrote more memos. She also sought help up the line, writing a letter to Senator Connie Mack, chairman of the appropriations subcommittee that oversees the library. Acknowledges Maceda, who has worked for the library's Protective Services Office for six years and has been in law enforcement since 1979: "I made a pain in the ass of myself...
...security measures, it now appears, were not effective. In April, Arafat had persuaded Hamas to desist from terrorism at least until July 1, the original target date for an agreement on expanding the Authority's jurisdiction in the West Bank. Despite the sweeps during the cease-fire, Hamas had no trouble returning to violence once its term...
...Angeles International Airport. Officials maintained tight airline and postal security despite a second letter from the Unabomber to the New York Times boasting that the threat was a hoax -- in his words, "one last prank." In yet a third communication at week's end, the bomber said he would desist from further killing attempts if the Times or Washington Post agreed to publish his anti-industrial, antitechnology manifesto...