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Downsizing To Infinity, the little box dream

Posted on by Roshinka

I had a dream where I was trying to escape from a powerful person and everyone was helping them to find me, all until I locked myself up in a little box where I finally felt peace and vowed to never get out of there. 

yesterday I saw an adorable photo of at a cat sleeping in a cardboard box three times smaller than the cat. The cat appeared totally comfortable. 

It reminded me of my dream and how good I felt inside the little box. 

I want to be like that cat. 

I don’t need the square footage or the tall ceilings, nor do I need encryption

anymore

where I come from I can fit inside an atom

I am a fakir.

AI, Discuss the Supreme Court Dewberry Case Decision

Posted on by Roshinka
SCOTUS Dewberry Case Decision

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a $43 million award to a real-estate developer in the Dewberry trademark case, ruling that plaintiffs cannot recover profits from a defendant’s affiliates without suing the affiliates themselves.The decision, issued on February 26, 2025, was unanimous and based on the plain language of the Lanham Act, which specifies that only the “defendant’s profits” can be considered in trademark infringement cases.

  • Key Points:

    • The case involved a dispute between two entities using the “Dewberry” name for real estate services.

    • The defendant, Dewberry Group, operated at a loss, but its affiliates, owned by the same person, made significant profits.

    • The district court and Fourth Circuit had considered the defendant and its affiliates as a single unit, which the Supreme Court found to be incorrect.

    • The Court remanded the case for further proceedings, noting that the “just sum” provision in the Lanham Act allows for adjustments in the amount of recovery if necessary.

    • Justice Sotomayor wrote a concurrence urging courts to consider practical business realities in calculating damages.

Follow-up: Did the court address corporate veil?

the Supreme Court did not explicitly address the issue of piercing the corporate veil. The decision focused primarily on the plain language of the Lanham Act and the specific provision that allows recovery of “defendant’s profits” in trademark infringement cases. The Court held that plaintiffs cannot recover profits from a defendant’s affiliates unless those affiliates are also sued and found liable.

However, the Court’s decision does touch on the broader issue of corporate structure and liability. The Court emphasized that the profits must belong to the defendant, not to affiliated entities, even if those entities are closely related or owned by the same person. This suggests that the Court was cautious about expanding liability to encompass the financial activities of related entities without a direct legal basis.

  • Key Points:

    • The Court did not pierce the corporate veil in this case.

    • The decision was based on the statutory language of the Lanham Act, which limits recovery to the “defendant’s profits.”

    • The Court did not address the broader legal principles of corporate liability or the conditions under which a corporate veil might be pierced.

Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc, https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-900_19m1.pdf

Rewriting Religious Scriptures Re Wars, Let’s Start With the Gita

Posted on by Roshinka

I’ve been thrown out of a few temples already for mentioning it, but I stand by my position. 

there is no inherent duty to kill your uncles and cousins for a piece of land. If you’re Arjuna, next time Krishna tells you to go to war, you say “NO I’ll pass. I like you very much, but no thanks, I know the soul is indestructible and I choose to do other things with it. And THEREFORE go fight it out yourself. Aren’t you all powerful after all. Kill me if you want, but I am not going to kill my uncle. I’ll go sit under that tree over there and meditate instead”. 

If I were Arjuna, I’d invoke long covid and get a note from the doctor.

It appears too self-serving to have been said by Krishna. I doubt the Gita is authentic therefore. God would never ask you to kill. Something is off don’t you think! Have you thought that it may be someone else posing as God? Or maybe something got lost in translation. Why are brahmins qualified to tell me what my duty is? 

Yup even in hell, the greatest currency is consent. It’s what keeps this place going. Do not consent!

Jailhouse Rock (LineDance) Raw Footage

Posted on by Roshinka

I’m ending my dance series of the month with Elvis Presley’s Jailhouse Rock. This is a full unaltered take and it is intentionally left as imperfect as it happened. No happy filters or effects added. The point is to always remember that we live in a prison planet, a.k.a. hell. Suffering is the entire point of this place. Nobody is coming out alive. In the meantime, may as well dance till the end of the world.