EOC Week 7 What Legal Issues Concern You Most?

The legal issues that concern me the most are that drug dealers serve more time than someone that commits murder, by no means do I condone either act of law breaking but I find that drug dealers serve more time for a crime that is committed by both parties. A drug dealer simply provides a service to a patron that is looking for a product they are committing a crime and doing harm to themselves. A murderer commits a crime and does harm to others but can get a charge knocked down to manslaughter and serve a much shorter time than a person that is providing a service and not really hurting another human being. True drug dealers are a cancer in our communities, but not physically harming another person. However a murderer can commit the crime of killing another human being and receive a shorter sentence. For that matter why does it matter what kind of drugs a person intends to sell? Some drugs raise a person more time than other drugs. Powdered Cocaine has a lesser sentence than Crack-Cocaine; Ecstasy has a higher sentence than other pills. Why is that? I feel that any drug with the intent to distribute should have the same sentence. But for some reason you cannot bargain down a sentence to distribute drugs, but you can bargain down a murder sentence this is a major discrepancy in the legal system and it is my understanding that the law is in the process of being changed so that powdered cocaine and crack cocaine carry the same sentences which I do not know why the sentences would be separated in the first place, I guess it is due to people with more money purchased powdered cocaine and people with less money purchased crack cocaine. Maybe it’s all a money game.

EOC Week 6 Illicit? What do you think?

Wow! That was an explicit documentary of what is going on in the world with fake or knock-off products. I had no idea the detail in which the world is operating in fake goods. The fact that the government has their hands in it is of no surprise, the government is dirty no matter what continent they are on. I was however shocked to learn of the human trafficking that is going on, it is devastating to know just how lucrative that business is. I had no idea that slavery was that bad. People having to do those things in order to survive or feed their family. It was shocking and sad. The pharmaceutical business was also shocking I knew there were fake pills, but I was not aware of the ingredients that were used to make the pills acid, and paint with no concern of the deadly results of the people taking the drugs. But then again no one should buy any drugs online. If you need any kind of pills get them from a doctor Geez people! As far as the fake or knockoff handbags, I knew it was big business but I didn’t know it was that big with factories and the expense of the tools needed to make the knockoff products. Where do they get these tools and who makes them? How are you able to open a factory making illegal products? I guess the mafia has a hand in that. Boy do we live in a corrupt world, is there anywhere to live that is peaceful with no crime or poverty? I just cannot believe all the corruption in the world and it seems as though it is not going away anytime soon. It is shocking to know how easy it is to clean up dirty money. The documentary was an eye opener.

EOC Week 4 10 of the most meaningful patent terms

1. USPTO
2. Certificate of Correction
3. Contributory Infringement of Patent
4. Cross- Licensing
5. Date of Invention
6. Maintenance Fees
7. March-in Rights
8. Multiple Claims
9. Office Action
10.Patent Deed