#schedule a

Shruti Rajkumar at HuffPost:

Disability rights activists swiftly condemned President Donald Trump’s remarks on Thursday in which he blamed diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, efforts and, specifically, disabled people for the deadly American Airlines plane crash that took place in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday night, a commercial passenger jet and a military helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan National Airport. There were a total of 67 people on the flight, and no one is expected to have survived. Following the fatal crash, Trump decided to peddle his anti-DEI talking points and blamed such initiatives for the incident.

“The [Federal Aviation Association] is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency’s website,” Trump said Thursday at a press conference. “Brilliant people have to be in those positions.” In response, New Disabled South, an organization dedicated to advancing disability rights and justice in Southern states, released a statement on social media calling Trump’s assertion “dangerous, repugnant, morally reprehensible.” “DEl did not cause a plane crash,” the organization added. “This is infuriatingly ableist and racist garbage. In our greatest moment of need, we are once again abandoned by the very people meant to lead.” The American Association of People with Disabilities also shared a statement on social media regarding Trump’s remarks. “FAA employees with disabilities did not cause last night’s tragic plane crash. DEI hiring did not cause last night’s plane crash,” the organization said. “Using this tragedy to push the President’s anti-diversity hiring agenda is inappropriate and wrong. It does nothing to make Americans safer.”

Yesterday, Crybully-in-Chief pushed ableist and racist tropes about what or who should be blamed for the Potomac River plane crash by blaming DEI and people with disabilities.

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This is why hiring authorities like schedule A are STILL vital to gainful employment for disabled workers. Being able to circumvent the competitive hiring process allows us to be interviewed based on our merit and skills, not based upon our ability to pass an AI screening. It equalizes the detriment that biased interviewers and screening programs have by giving us a small boost. It does not give us the job, we still have to interview and pass background checks just like everyone else. All it does it put us infront of interviewers to give us a fair chance.

Do these moss poles infringe this design patent? Those are some of claims in this new Schedule A case. I haven't looked at all the infringement allegations in great detail but, based on a quick skim, it looks like this plaintiff may be laboring under the concept fallacy.

Does this product infringe this design patent? A judge has, presumably, ruled no in denying this plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction.

This patent expired in 2022. In 2023, Casio asked for--and obtained--both a TRO and a preliminary injunction (on an ex parte basis in a “Schedule A” case) in the NDIL: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66811165/casio-computer-co-ltd-v-the-individuals-corporations-limited/

Does this snow brush infringe this (extremely narrow) design patent? That’s one of the claims at issue in this Schedule A case.

And this defendant is fighting back.

Motion for fees: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.626222/gov.uscourts.flsd.626222.56.0.pdf

Motion to increase bond: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.626222/gov.uscourts.flsd.626222.55.0.pdf

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