The judge said the punishment would serve as a warning to others.

法官说这种惩罚将起到杀一儆百的作用。

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Even though he has been educated in Belgium and the United States, this should not serve as a criterion to judge him.

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On Wednesday, the Second Circuit said that the judge's ruling that a single color can never serve as a trademark in the fashion industry was inconsistent with a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court decision, which granted Qualitex Co. the exclusive right to use a green-gold color on pads for commercial dry-cleaning presses.

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That could serve as a warning to the court not just in this particular case but in their more important review of Judge Sauls's decision.

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