EOC Week11 Forced Choice

http://studio504architects.blogspot.com/
Great job, well structured, only trouble finding your quotes due to non- highlighting…
http://exquisiteinteriors.blogspot.com/
Good job, I liked reading your blog…
http://graphicdiamond.blogspot.com/
Nice job, interesting read.

http://kristinealberto.blogspot.com/
I thought Kristine’s blogs were concise and her lawyer jokes were funny, the blogs ran a little short though.
http://katherinecalesinganimation.blogspot.com/
Katherine missing classes is understandable, but I had trouble following your blogs
http://voiceweek1.blogspot.com/
I liked your blogs, but they were short and incomplete.
http://gnosisindustries.blogspot.com/
Interesting blog but, I had trouble finding your quotes due to non- highlighting
http://crissmanj.blogspot.com/
Incomplete blogs and typo’s maybe a little more effort rat’s blog…
http://joannefernandez.blogspot.com/
Nice job, had trouble finding your quotes due to non-highlighting.
http://rtypemedia.blogspot.com/
Good job, well put together, but missing a blog or two and had trouble finding your quotes due to non- highlighting.
http://calf-boutique.blogspot.com/
Dang that’s a good blog!
http://rebekahklatsky.blogspot.com/
Missing a lot of work…
http://psyphergames.blogspot.com/
Good job put together well…
http://exquisiteinteriors.blogspot.com/
Good job, I liked reading your blog…

http://crimsonfists711.blogspot.com/
I had trouble pulling up Stephen’s blog

EOC Week 10 Robert Kearns

The film I viewed today was titled "Flash of Genius", a film about a man who invented the intermediate wiper blade. After twenty years of litigation with the Ford Company for steeling his idea. Kearns risked losing his family, suffered a nervous breakdown and lost twenty years of his life. The film apparently did not portray the real Robert Kearns as he really was, a real jerk willing to risk everything for his personal satisfaction.

EOC Week 9

The film that I viewed in class today was very intriguing to say the least, even the small portion that was viewed. The film was titled The First Monday in October and it was about the first woman entering the Supreme Court. My thoughts on the film were the men were very sexist and had a very different time taking her in. It seemed as if they wanted her out and had no trouble letting her know that, by stating phrases like, “we men must stick together”. There was a specific case where the issue of pornography was able to sell in stores or not be sold. I personally believe in the first amendment everyone has the right of freedom of speech and/or the right to create “art”. Whether or not other people agree with one person’s beliefs, the public does not have to look at or purchase the products. Granted the public has the right to petition the products not to be sold in their specific areas, but the producer of the products does have the right to offer them to the public. Who has the right to say that someone else should not look at or purchase certain products? What one person may like another may not, but everyone has the right to look at or purchase what they want. That happens to be one of (and I say this loosely) the great things about the United States “freedom of speech”. Americans have the right to look at or purchase what they want. Other countries that do not have that right must be very difficult to live in. Americans have grown accustomed to viewing and purchasing what they want, I cannot imagine having that right taken away or any other rights Americans have for that matter.

EOC Week 8 Legal Questions

1. If I worked for a company and created a design pattern, who owns that design pattern?
2. What are your rights when a company you were fired from takes your ideas off of the company computer and sells them?
3. If I create a design pattern for a company that I work for ,can I sell that design pattern as my own?
4. If I sell a product on eBay and the buyer who purchased my product switched good parts for bad parts then claimed that the item I sent them was DOA or NON FUNCTIONAL, what can happen to the buyer if they are caught or I have proof that the parts were swapped?
5. If someone stole my idea and I have all the digital media to prove it was my work, is this a possible case in court? Can I sue the company my stolen work was sold to?
6. If a company fired you in order to sell your ideas, is that unlawful termination?
7. If I create a fashion design and displayed it at a trade show, and someone took that design and sold it as their own, can I sue that party and what are my chances of recovering my design?
8. If I am fired from a company that I created a design for can I take that design with me?
9. Can packaging look exactly the same as other products on a retail shelf (ex. Medicine products Color, Shape, Look). **EXCLUDES the name.
10. Can you sue a company that advertises a commercial which sells a product that has a disclaimer at the bottom but don’t give you enough time to read the disclaimer and it ends up affecting your life or puts you in burden?

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

EOC Week 3: Jeopardy

Building the Jeopardy game is a lot more difficult than it may seem, especially since a lot of the definitions have the answers in the questions. So you are having to reword a lot of the questions, this is not fun and it is a lot of work. So there goes my weekend I will be working on the Jeopardy game and studying the copyrights book. But how else will one learn, so you must do what you must do. Once I get the hang of it all it may not be so bad, and it could actually turn out to be fun. I will remain positive and look at this experience as a learning tool for the future. It is definitely challenging and a good way to learn the definitions for this class and the future of owning a business. Here are two examples of the Jeopardy game: Question 1: Federal (Blanks) generally prohibit businesses from engaging in monopolistic activities, that is to engage in practices purposely designed to give the business dominant control over a particular market segment. Answer: Antitrust Law. Question 2: The (Blank) serves as a cover letter for the application. It describes what is being filed,, the names of inventors , the number of pages, the fee and other information used by the USPTO to categorize the filing. Answer: Transmittal Form. As you can see creating this Jeopardy game is quite challenging just like the actual Jeopardy game was. I guess the major difference between the two are that for the actual Jeopardy game they have to study for years and years and hope to get a spot on the show. As a pose to this all we had to do was read the chapters in the book and get those down, to make sure that we know what we are talking about.

EOC WEEK 2: What Do You Think Of Lawyers?

My experience with attorneys has been so, so. I once had a medical case that went on for more than a year and to say the least went very badly. One of the attorneys was previously married to the person that we were suing. Is that a conflict of interest? I certainly believe it was it certainly had an effect on my case. After a long and tedious journey with the case it turned out to be one big waste of time and a very disappointing settlement, not to mention the firm took thirty three percent on top of the ridiculous settlement. That would be the last time I hire an “ambulance chaser”. In that experience alone I am completely turned off the lawyers and am very skeptical about their intentions. Lawyers seem to be money hungry. I’m sure there are some attorneys that are honest and hard working, but I would say it’s finding a needle in a hay stack. Too bad lawyers get a bad rap, but these opinions did not just fall out of the sky their reputation perceives them. Attorneys are a lot like doctors, they are just in it for the money, (in my opinion) that is. Whatever happened to doing what you love, not just having a career for the large paycheck. Hey, I say attorneys can make a comeback for the better if the next generation truly has a love of the law and generally want to help the public, because they have a passion for the law not because they can make a big paycheck. By the way; take heed and research your attorney before you hire them “ambulance chaser’s are a no go, take it from me I speak from personal experience. If I never see another lawyer it will be too soon…

EOC Week 1 About Me

As a Fashion Retail Management student, I am excited to learn and prefect my craft as a shoe designer. In the upcoming years my goal is to design fabulous shoes for the fashionable and sexy woman. As I prepare myself for the fashion world I intend to envelop all the knowledge possible about the exciting billion dollar business, hoping to take a chunk of the goods and make a dramatic mark on the fashion world. After I graduate college I plan to open a successful boutique in either Las Vegas or Los Angeles. Moving to Las Vegas and choosing The Art Institute has been an awarding and knowledgeable experience thus far; I look forward to furthering my education and becoming a fierce shoe designer. Designing shoes is my true passion; I have a true substance abuse problem (expensive footwear!) Which made for me thinking; hey I should design my own footwear and sell the heck out of them… So putting myself through college to make certain that I have a successful business was one of the smartest decisions I have made. Doing what you love for a living is truly a blessing and I look forward to doing just that in the future. I think everyone should shoot for their goals and do what they love; it’s the only way to live life.