I CFJ on the following: BobTHJ holds the Patent Title Left in a Huff.
I bar BobTHJ.
Arguments:
On or about 16 Jan 2008 (according to the Registrar's report) BobTHJ
published a Cantus Cygneus and deregistered/was deregistered in a
Writ of FAGE.
At the time, R1922/22 did not define Left in a Huff, nor did any other
Rule.
On or about 12 Feb 2008, Proposal 5434 added the following to Rule 1922:
(f) Left in a Huff, to be awarded by the Clerk of the Courts or
the Registrar (whichever one gets around to it first) to any
player who publishes a Cantus Cygneus.
Finally, on or about Mar 3, 2008, Registrar root attempted to award the
title to BobTHJ:
> Oops. I award the title of Left in a Huff to BobTHJ.
The question is, does the way 1922(f) empower an award based on publishing
a Cantus Cygneus before 1922(f) existed? I argue no, as the verb use
"who publishes" does not adequately imply or allow us to infer retroactive
application.
-Goethe
