Sublime

in January 2007 when Levi’s Strauss found it necessary to sue Studio D’artisan, Iron Heart, Sugarcane, Oni, and Samurai for trademark infringement.

inchoate

Intent is the resolution to commit a crime.

Suing a foreign government is usually unrewarding, because the government's overseas assets are generally modest in size, or completely protected from litigation in the case of embassies and other diplomatic facilities. But as Porzecanski noted, in one recent case an aggressive legal strategy had paid off for Elliott Associates, a New York–based "v