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Wednesday, December 30, 2020
While most Americans are likely aware that President Donald Trump signed a pandemic relief and government spending bill into law on Dec. 27, 2020 (the “Omnibus Bill”),
[i] it is important for those who have intellectual property assets to understand that tucked away into this nearly 5,600-page legislation are laws impacting copyrights, trademarks, and patents. Despite receiving only limited scrutiny before becoming law, the copyright and trademark laws in particular could have a profound impact on protection and enforcement of these assets.
Copyrights
The Omnibus Bill impacts copyright law in the following general ways: It establishes a copyright small-claims court within the U.S. Copyright Office to adjudicate disputes valued at $30,000 or fewer in damages, and it creates felony criminal penalties for unauthorized commercial streaming.
Alabama chef’s ‘reindeer food’ is a Christmas tradition
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
Ashley McMakin began making her reindeer food as a holiday snack for her employees about 10 years ago. It has become a Christmas tradition at her Ashley Mac s restaurants in Birmingham.(Photo courtesy of Ashley McMakin; used with permission)
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Ashley Mac’s in Birmingham is beloved for its creamy pimento cheese, flavorful poppyseed chicken and luscious strawberry cake.
But at Christmastime, the employees at Ashley Mac’s café and catering look forward to a holiday treat that you won’t find anywhere on the menu.
Chef and owner Ashley McMakin calls it “reindeer food,” and when Christmas comes around each year, she delivers large aluminum catering pans filled with the sweet-and-salty snack to her employees at all five Ashley Mac locations in the Birmingham metro area.
Betty deHebreard HILTON HEAD ISLAND Betty deHebreard was born September 21, 1942, to Herman and Dorothy Prange in Indianapolis, IN, a first generation American, which she was so proud of. Her German heritage and German family remained a dominant point of pride throughout her entire life. It was in kindergarten where she met her future husband Pete. They went on their first date in junior high school and would have been married for 57 years on January 18, 2021. After graduating from Southport High School, she attended Indiana University, where she graduated with a B.S. in Business Education. She was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. The lasting friendships she made at Alpha Chi continued throughout her life with regular, lively reunions in Arizona, South Carolina, and Michigan.
Having the condition herself, the Chino Hills resident has experienced living in fear of having a seizure.
âI never knew how much a part anxiety played in my life,â Ms. Garcia said. âI had to recognize that overthinking can take over your entire life.â
Ms. Garcia, who is attending the University of Arizona in Tucson, established âThe Brooklyn Foundationâ in honor of a fellow student who was a member of the Zeta Beta Chi Omega sorority.
Ms. Mengarelli died in April from an epileptic seizure while sitting in a hot tub.
The two had never met.
âShe was amazing and a beautiful young woman. She had her life together,â Ms. Garcia said, who belongs to a sister sorority on campus, Alpha Chi Omega.