Jacksons Remains. (Newsbytes).* Amid resignation rumors, Rev. Jesse Jackson Noun 1. Jesse Jackson - United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941) Jesse Louis Jackson, Jackson (pictured above) has released a statement asserting that he has no plans to step down as president of the Rainbow/Push Coalition. The rumors arose after Jackson made a speech reiterating that Rev. James T. Meeks would be his successor when he did decide to leave his post as president of the Coalition. In the statement, Jackson says, "1 repeat, I have no plans to step down any time soon. * In a decision recently handed down by a U.S. District Court, urban apparel manufacturer FUBU FUBU For Us By Us (clothing brand) FUBU Fouled Up Beyond Understanding (polite form) FUBU Fouled Up Beyond Use (polite form) FUBU Fouled Up By User was awarded $6.7 million in trademark infringement Trademark infringement is a violation of the exclusive rights attaching to a trademark without the authorization of the trademark owner or any licensees (provided that such authorization was within the scope of the license). damages. Solid Clothing, a Los Angeles-based import and retail company, was found guilty of willfully willfully adv. referring to doing something intentionally, purposefully and stubbornly. Examples: "He drove the car willfully into the crowd on the sidewalk." "She willfully left the dangerous substances on the property." (See: willful) selling imitation FUBU "05" athletic jerseys from 1999 to 2001. FUBU was awarded not only all of Solid Clothing's profits from their unlawful sales but was compensated for any lost sales they might have suffered during that period. FUBU has similar cases pending against Wal-Mart, Abercrombie & Fitch, The Children's Place, and Charlotte Russe. * Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton recently filed a $1 billion lawsuit against HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy claiming that the AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner subsidiary defamed him by showing a portion of a 1983 FBI surveillance tape on which he and an undercover FBI agent appear to be discussing a drug deal. Sharpton contends that the tape, which aired on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gurnble, was misleading in that only a portion of the conversation was played. He further contends that HBO knew the tape was misleading and defamatory. HBO has denied the charges.--D.R.B. |
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