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My name is jane kim, im chairing this committee. Im joined by committee members, supervisor christensen, who serves as vicechair, and supervisor wiener. Mr. Clerk, may we take roll call, please. Roll call, commissioner christensen. Here. Commissioner kim . Here. Kim, present commissioner wiener. Present. Wiener present and we have a quorum. I want to recognize sfgovtv that make pos all of our meetings available online, as well as a transcript please call item no. 2. Progress update on the Treasure Island transportation Implementation Plan information item. This is our only item of substance. I...

A live look outside in ocean beach, its all cloudy and still the breaks allowing for people to get out there and walk the dog. Its still cloudy, though, as we take a live look outside. Weve dropped down to 61 degrees. It is a cool day and it will get even cooler as this front moves in for the north. Still well to the north of us as of now, but starting to see a little bit more of the rain in the parts of the north bay and napa and sonoma counties. This is what we can expect once again off and on as the days goes on. A closer look, light activity, very hit or miss. Weve been seeing some of the ...

This week on the communicators we want to produce you terrel mcsweeny, the only democrat on the trade commission what is the charge of the ftc . The federal trade commission is the nations top Consumer Protection Enforcement Agency. We have a general mandate to protect consumers from unfair deceptive acts and practices from anticompetitive practices. Mandate is realtivelily broad. We cover many sectors of the economy but as im sure well discuss we have limitations to our jurisdiction, including around issues of common carriage. So were at a moment in time where the ftcs jurisdiction fccs sure ...

Disparagement provision placed be placed on speech itself. It has historically been much more tied to First Amendment values, to the incentivizeation of Free Expression. Part of that seems to me to ignore the fact that we have a culture in which we had tshirts and logos and rock bands and so forth are expressing the point of view they are using the market to express views. I mean certainly disparagement wouldnt work with copyright. Thats a powerful important Government Program. Ret melet me say two or three things before that. Music the slants are expressing views on social and political issue...

May it please the court. The provision at issue in the case, 15 u. S. Beliefs or National Symbols. Based on that provision, the pto denied to region the slants, as a service mark of the band. It did not limit the ability to use the mark in commerce or to otherwise engage in expression or debate on any subject that he wishes. Because of the disparagement provision restricts the program and not speech, it does not violate the First Amendment. It was a copy righted Government Program . I would say copright and c y copyright registration is tied to values of Free Expression. The part that seems to...