Sweaty Peter Thiel is definitely going to be the name of our next drink special. "Sweaty Peter Thiel Mocked for Incoherent Answer About CEO Slaying." Thiel, drenched in sweat, struggled to form a coherent response, pausing for over 10 seconds before beginning to speak. Piers Morgan asked Antichrist Peter Thiel what he would say to people who celebrated Luigi Mangione -- who was a fan of Peter
Peter Andreas Thiel (born 11 October 1967) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook. As of July 2024, Thiel had an estimated net worth of US$11.2 billion and was ranked 212th on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Huh I never knew anything about him except he supported stuff to make society worse and was a billionaire, yeah I repeat myself. I thought he’d be older like a Koch for some reason.
If the Tolkien estate has a trademark on that word it doesn’t stop a company in an entirely different field to name their company that word. Owning a trademark doesn’t mean you own all the usage rights of that word. You only have the rights in a specific category.
So, if an arms manufacturer creates a functional Iron Man suit, is nothing stopping them from calling it Iron Man? I assume they wouldn’t be allowed to make it look exactly like the Marvel character, but comic books and the MIC are certainly in different fields…
Peter Andreas Thiel (born 11 October 1967) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook. As of July 2024, Thiel had an estimated net worth of US$11.2 billion and was ranked 212th on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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Huh I never knew anything about him except he supported stuff to make society worse and was a billionaire, yeah I repeat myself. I thought he’d be older like a Koch for some reason.
The only reason I knew he was younger is cause I knew he was pissing around in the early internet days.
Imagine being worth 11 Billion (that we know of) and only being 212th on the billionaires list.
This is fucked beyond end.
I say it every time, I am astounded the Tolkien estate allowed the use of the word Palantir…
What makes you think they did?
If the Tolkien estate has a trademark on that word it doesn’t stop a company in an entirely different field to name their company that word. Owning a trademark doesn’t mean you own all the usage rights of that word. You only have the rights in a specific category.
So, if an arms manufacturer creates a functional Iron Man suit, is nothing stopping them from calling it Iron Man? I assume they wouldn’t be allowed to make it look exactly like the Marvel character, but comic books and the MIC are certainly in different fields…
Id probably be drunk too