News Article: News and Notes XXIV - ZOMG The Athletic Carolinas Incoming

[Boom Boom Apathy]

personally I thought the "you took your hotwife to five guys" incident was Oscar-worthy

Not surprising that you would.

 

[NotOpie]

Not surprising that you would.

Wait, what....I thought Five Guys only did burgers and fries....I confuse....

 

[geehaad]

I can't find the info on the CH.com site...can someone clue me in: what's the start time of the Caniac Carnival this Sunday?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

10 am

Caniac Carnival

 

[cptjeff]

Wasn't there that legal case brewing just over that? I vaguely remember doing a gdt.

edit: https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/whalers-trademark-lawsuit-law-order-sound.2442553/

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/thre...-nhl-vs-jay-kennette-media-group-llc.2442565/

As of April 6th, 2018 looks like Jay Kennette abandoned their attempted registration oof the trademark as the result of Carolina Hurricanes opposition to it:

Trademark Status & Document Retrieval

"Abandoned after an inter partes decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. For further information, see TTABVUE on the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board web page"

USPTO TTABVUE. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System

I don't think just anyone can sell HW merch, Hurricanes has a legit claim to the IP the very least.

Somebody other than the NHL trying to register the trademark is very different from selling something with a design that is no longer under trademark protection. My understanding is that you can sell something Whalers related, you just can't try to claim that that's your exclusive IP.

 

[Lempo]

Somebody other than the NHL trying to register the trademark is very different from selling something with a design that is no longer under trademark protection. My understanding is that you can sell something Whalers related, you just can't try to claim that that's your exclusive IP.

Tarheel put Hank's excellent trademark check-ups in the first link I posted. Hurricanes Hockey LP owns the trademark for the HW logo. The wordmark "Hartford Whalers" apparently is not as conclusively registered.

If you tried selling stuff with the real deal whaletail logo, Hurricanes Hockey LP would cease&desist your ass in hasty order.

If you tried selling stuff with "Hartword Whalers" sillily written on it, NHL/HHLP probably would still try and claim that they have done established use on the wordmark and that you're infringing them on that basis. The lack of registration as such to my understanding is not a proof that a trademark is free-for-all. Obviously there's more hurdles when you're trying to react to it legally.

 

[Roboturner913]

Not surprising that you would.

well of course not, it was a great line and well delivered

 

[vorbis]

the new Athletic reporter wrote a nice introductory piece about coming on board to cover the Hurricanes today - Sara Civian: I’m eager to tell stories the passionate...

and Scott Burnside with a pretty great Brind'Amour profile. lots of great quotes and context here on Rod as a player, father, coach, and leader - 19 years in the making: Rod Brind'Amour's journey from...

 

[tarheelhockey]

the new Athletic reporter wrote a nice introductory piece about coming on board to cover the Hurricanes today - Sara Civian: I’m eager to tell stories the passionate...

Not loving that apostrophe in the headline. Dark clouds forming on the horizon.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Not loving that apostrophe in the headline. Dark clouds forming on the horizon.

There are 3 apostrophes in Burside's title

19 years in the making: Rod Brind’Amour’s journey from Canes’ star to coach

 

[Ole Gil]

Love reading Burnside articles.

 

[tarheelhockey]

There are 3 apostrophes in Burside's title

19 years in the making: Rod Brind’Amour’s journey from Canes’ star to coach

But in this case placed correctly.

Unless she was saying it's the Canes, not the fans, who are passionate.

 

[Lempo]

But in this case placed correctly.

Unless she was saying it's the Canes, not the fans, who are passionate.

Carolina Hurricanes' fans = fans of Carolina Hurricanes. Sounds correct enough for me, though obviously of-genetive would be better.

Assumably she means passionate fans of Carolina Hurricanes, and not fans of passionate Carolina Hurricanes. The opening paragraphs suggest the former: "What our fanbase lacks in size we make up for in passion.”

Though apparently it is the placing of the adjective attribute that you got a problem with?

 

[tarheelhockey]

Carolina Hurricanes' fans = fans of Carolina Hurricanes. Sounds correct enough for me, though obviously of-genetive would be better.

the passionate Carolina Hurricanes fans = passionate fans of the Carolina Hurricanes
the passionate Carolina Hurricanes' fans = fans of the passionate Carolina Hurricanes

I mean, it's not necessarily wrong. This is a team that's signed Tlusty, Semin, Aho, Darling in the past decade. They seem a little thirsty, if you know what I mean. *wink wink*

 

[MinJaBen]

In a world where literally has a Schrodinger's cat definition, I have a hard time getting worked up over punctuation.

 

[Lempo]

We need to Harriet Johnson her immediately for her own benefit before her faulty usage of grammatical modifiers settles!

Who's going to write her our protestation under the title of "Of writers and of-genetives"?

What we really need is a joint F=26 twitter account.

 

[Lempo]

In a world where literally has a Schrodinger's cat definition, I have a hard time getting worked up over punctuation.

It literally hasn't though.

 

[Lempo]

F26 tweeted: "You, ma'am, are an apostrophe catastrophe."

 

[vorbis]

Not loving that apostrophe in the headline. Dark clouds forming on the horizon.

I wonder if The Athletic is different from traditional media publications in this way. normally the editor would write the headline, not the author of the piece itself. we should probably kill them all just to be safe.

 

[FlyingSquirrels]

Anyone up for grabbing Pickard off waivers?

 

[tarheelhockey]

F26 tweeted: "You, ma'am, are an apostrophe catastrophe."

This is a good idea, we should just write tweets in long form here until it catches on.

 

[AD Skinner]

"The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe"

never before have Zappa's wise words been more applicable

 

[Lempo]

... and only now I get how Hurricanes-appropriate the "Dark clouds forming on the horizon" is in the context.

 

[tarheelhockey]

... and only now I get how Hurricanes-appropriate the "Dark clouds forming on the horizon" is in the context.

Necas is coming


phrasing

 

[NotOpie]

It is correct