Week 8 EOC: Bratz Brawl

I think the whole thing with the Bratz brawl is somewhat crazy. Because if someone was doing it as a freelance project then they should have all the rights. I feel like Mattel wants to just be apart of the brand that Bratz has created, because they did not think of it first which is sad they cant just compete with another company. I think that Mattel is wasting their time just suing MGA over something that is not theirs by a person who worked for them asnd did something on their own. "It is a colossal waste of money," says Sean McGowan,  toy industry analyst at Needham & Co. Which is a very a wise statement to say just because they want to go back and fourth about something that they don’t have the rights to in the first place.  Mr. Larvin who has ownership of the Bratz dolls stated "We look forward to the judicial system to correct the wrongs Mattel has done to MGA over the years." Mattel is doing so much wrong that they cant even see it. They are acting if you ask me very childish and immature over intecual property that has never been theirs. It makes you think about how did they treat their employees. Because if someone is to do something on the side and works for them then is their product considered Matels product? Just because they are or where an employee with a company does not mean they have any rights to that person project its just common sense, which they are showing, they don’t have. MGA is correct and trying to get the legal rights back from Matel for the work they have put into the Bratz collection In  the words of Judge David O’ Conner "This will be a remarkable trial” which it is because they are just going  back and fourth and back again. If I was the judge I would rule in the favor of MGA all the way just because they are the original creatures of Bratz. I think that after this trail they both should just give up and stop going back to court over it. Then if you think about it Matel has so many other products why cant they let the next person have a successful product. Why must they be so money hungry and greedy about the fact that something is not theirs. I would stand behind MGA but I think they should also try and come up with a different product that they can make money from because of the fact they only have one major product which they keep battling over that is going no where. 

Week 8 BOC: Progress In Getting Lawyer

So far I have just about finished my questions that I have wanted to talk to an lawyer about. The thing that gets med stumped is if I am  asking the most logic questions. I really want to find a lawyer more in my field. I had the thought to ask my current critical thinking teacher Todd, who works with patents and does legal things with artist. Until I was told that I was not able to use him. I also asked my family if we had anyone in our family who does any legal work. I’m currently moving on to plan B. Which would be to call lawyers and see if I’m able to talk to them with the ten different questions that I do have. I’m also going to ask Todd if he knows anyone that does some of the same things he does that I would be able to talk to. I Never knew finding a lawyer to just answer questions could be so hard. I guess I was worng it takes more work then people fail t realize it makes it even harder when you are on a time crunch and just want to get the questions answered. 

Legal Authority

 The way I went about finding a lawyer was calling some local lawyers and seeing if they were willing to help me out and find the answers to some of the questions I had been pondering about during the quarter of the class.  A lot I thought had to do with intellectual property which in the end turned out to be wrong.” Intellectual property laws don’t prevent someone from stepping on the owner’s rights”( Patent, Copyright& Trademarks Page 5 Richard Stim) What I learned when looking for lawyer my questions had to do with more copyrights than anything else. So finding a lawyer would be just that much harder in the fact that not a lot of Las Vegas lawyers are willing to just answer questions they don’t deal with on a daily basis. Copyright questions seem to be easy to me when looking for the lawyer just because you know you think well these are almost like regular rights. When in correction they are as stated “a copyright gives the owner of a creative work the right to keep others from unauthorized use of the work” .So on my quest to find lawyers I ended up using a list I had made and taking a shoot just to see. I had gotten more hang ups in my face than ever and was on the edge of just giving up and saying forget it. Then finally I was able to get in contact with a few people and ended up using Christopher Reade.  Seeing that my questions had to due with copyright I looked more into them then before learning “Copyright does not protect ideas or fats; it protects only the unique way in which ideas or facts are expressed”. (Patent, Copyright& Trademarks Page 197 Richard Stim). When I finally found a lawyer he did take time out to tell me that he did not do contract law but would help which in the end was happy doing anyways. Just  because any help would be good help. In the fact that I was on a deadline.  After sending my questions via email to the lawyer of my liking I think looked into even more resources.  Seeing that “filling for a copyright registration does not create a presumption of validity” (Patent, Copyright& Trademarks Page 205 Richard Stim). That I had also asked about since I did not know much information. That was my process on getting my lawyer and going about everything. 

EOC Week 7: Plans

To start of my project I’m going to write down all the questions that I would like to ask. Then if it turns to be more then ten quest ion, to lower them and chose the best ones.  After writing out all the question I will get them peer edited to make sure there is no missing context or if I can perfect them in anyway. Along with writing out my question I want to gather information about lawyers and start to call. I as well want to ask my teacher Todd if he would want to answer the question that  I have, since he is a lawyer for different celebrities who have died.  He as well has some of the best legal advice, which he shares in our critical thinking class.

In the following im going to be doing my project little by little as the quarter comes to an end. I want to make sure that my project is one of the best ideas that I have had in a while also tying  it in wit h what I have learned in and into my business plan for business owner ship. Those are some of the steps that I am going to be taking as of right now then going father into them more and more. Then scanning the book for different  quotes that  I could use while doing my project after re reading what  is expected.

EOC Week 6: Illect

Before we watched the movie I did not really care what would happen with me lets say down loading music illegally. That’s just not something I would think of. It never occurred to me that someone’s life could be taken from them, or that I could be helping get drugs into the country. It just does not seem like a big deal when you living in the moment  just  doing something for the better of you, not thinking about how it might affect you or others. I see a whole new light after watching Illect. Just because there is a dark side to even downloading music illegally.

During the movie they show how some people get killed because acting as a host to something that someone has created. Its also shows us the different drug trades that our happening by downloading some programs that we think are harmless and seem fine to go ahead and download. In the end people in the united states and other parts of the world are getting killed due to small acts like downloading different software. It was one the scarcest things that I have ever watched just because I never had seen anything like they where showing. I feel really bad for even downloading the music or videos and etc. Because one your taking away from a artist or actor. Then you can be getting someone harmed because of your small actions. There is a lot of trouble that comes from things like that.

Now I want to buy the music, or even use a youtube convertor and convert the music. Because at least im  not the one downloading anything. I just feel bad that one small thing can get someone harmed because of a song. I just would want to be more aware now of what I do.

Week 5 EOC: Patent Trolls

I think that patent trolls are good because why should someone have their product in the store when its old and its misleading to their consumers. It makes the brand look un-loyal. So I don’t think that patent trolls are bad people. Because they are doing it for the consumers. "It absolutely is a startling development in the interpretation of that provision," says Michael C. Smith,a defense lawyer from Marshall, Texas” The Wall Street Journal.  I one hundred percent agree with that statement that he made. Because it really is how do you go so long before you have someone finally notice it.  I don’t see why a lot of companies wait til the last minute to finally decide to get it handled because in the end they always end up paying for it. So I think that the patent trolls are right because then they won’t have to charge you for having expired patents on your products. "These cases have forced companies to spend time,money and resources investigating claims where there really isn't any injury to anybody," says Chicago lawyer Jason C. White In the wall Street Journal context. When really in the end it is causing them more money because they don’t already have people on top of it. 'It chills competition, it

misleads the public and takes away from the credit patent holders deserve.' Rubbish. Competitors will look up the patents in question and the public couldn't care less.Karl Kleimenhagen which she stated to the wall street journal. I think that is contradicts what they are saying. Because yes it does misleads the public, but then they are saying how the public can care less. When I think that we has a public would care a lot of a hell more. Since myself as a consumer that shops a lot cares about little things that goes on. So I think that patent trolls are trying to help rather then not help the public out.

Week 4 Death Race Jeopardy

I think the jeopardy helped me a lot because their where a lot of terms that I did not know. So seeing them over and over in every one’s game helped me remember what they where. I think besides the game was fun in a different way of studying the words with their being so many off them. In the game it was hard to remember the words that had a lot of wording or the words that are similar to other words. Because you think you know the word but really it’s something else.

I think all of the questions where valid and they all made a lot of sense, in the fact we where able to find them all in the book. I think some of the games should have been a lot harder then they where. Because some the word was in the question so it gave you clues to where to look. The game helped me find where a lot of the words are located that way if we get to use our book on the test I won’t be there for days looking.

Over all I think the game created a good experience in a learning environment. It was different from how a lot of other teachers do their before mid term classes. I think that it makes you want to learn all the words also remembering the words. I think that it had a lot of completive edge is what made it fun for me and a lot of the class. Because the more we wanted to win the harder and faster we would look for that question within the book. So I think that I’m going to use my game for studying and see if I can beat the times also see how much I need my book while looking.