Week 10 EOC: Robert Kerns vs. Erin Brokovich

Erin Brokovich was a concerned homemaker that had no job that needed a job to take care of her family. It seemed that Bob Kerns really had no interest in taking care of his it seemed he was more interested in his own glory. Whether it be true or not he did not take into consideration how this would affect his family. Erin Brokovich seemed like she was trying to make the world a better place. The case in EB was life threatening, the other case was not. She went up against a major power company for leaking poisonous substance into the water.
Robert Kerns went up against the Ford Corporation for stealing his windshield wiper idea. He kept saying it’s not about the money when he was in court when he was battling his family for understanding. They fought with him for quite some time from him going into the mental institution his divorce and all of the other tragedies that came into play before the trial twenty years that he had been fighting this corporation, Finally winning against Ford and many other car companies for infringing on his patents which they had originally said were null and void.
Erin ran into an issue when she started to investigate problems with a water companies not cleaning or having too much of a substance in the drinking water of her clients that were causing issues with her clients health even some deaths. At first she was working for a very tiny law firm of a man that she seemed to like and dislike all at once. She started investigating a case that seemed to have been closed. Not being a lawyer herself she turned to her friend for help and they started this big battle with a corporation that were trying to hide their tracks much like the Ford company did with Bob Kearns.

Week 7 EOC: 10 Lawyers with Websites

1.) Skinner, Watson & Rounds, P.C.
http://www.sswlegal.com

2.) Dozier Internet Law
http://www.cybertriallawyer.com

3.)Kring & Chung Attorneys, L.L.P
http://www.kringandchung.com

4.)Michael P Kimbrell
http://www.michaelpkimbrelllaw.com

5.)John Peter Lee, Ltd.
http://www.johnpeterlee.com

6.)Weide and Miller, Ltd
http://www.weidemiller.com

7.)McDonald-Carano-Wilson
http://www.mcdonaldcarano.com

8.)Snell and Wilmer
http://lawyers.justia.com/firm/snell-wilmer-14159

9.)Kostiw Law Group, PC
http://www.rockstarlaw.com

10.)Weiss & Moy, P.C.
http://www.weissiplaw.com

www.weidemiller.com

Week 7 & EOC: Intellectual Property Questions

1. Shooting on private and public property. Where is the line drawn between the two?

2. If the property is private, what right does the owner of the property have to throw you off the property for taking photographs?

3. Do celebrities and other public figures give up their rights to privacy in exchange for fame and fortune?

4. In design, how much of a percentage of change do two similar products have to be in order to avoid a lawsuit?

5. A fashion designer leaves a company and takes a large portion of the company’s clientele. Can the parent company sue?

6. What are the limits for #5?

7. Righthaven. Is forcing people to give up their Web Domains for posting another websites material legal? How much of a right do they have?

8. Can any image be trademarked?

9. Reusing a logo. How much credit do you have to give to the original designer?

10. How much of a song can you use before it is copyright infringement?

Week 5 EOC-Lawyers Looking For Fame

What makes me angry in this situation is that they make this guy out to be an all around good guy. What they fail to mention is that Humberto got deported several times and re-entered the United States illegally. The thing with the lawyers from the New York Times in the article,” Specialists’ help at court can come with a catch,” dated October 9, 2010, by Adam Liptak, kind of does not surprise me. A lawyer, wanting a case that may very well go before the Supreme Court makes me makes me wonder whether the lawyer was in it for himself. If he was in it for the client initially, why would it matter who represented him in the court session?

If Humberto was deported for being here illegally the first time then escaped deportation the second time, or even third, by being arrested, there should have been no contest with the court system that the status of becoming an American Citizen did not change. In the Court Opinion provided by Cornell University of Law by the Justice Souter, http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct ,it claims that an immigrant may have rights against him if he leaves and comes back illegally. This was completely a showboat opportunity for the lawyer in question. He saw the unique opportunity to claim his right to fame by going before the Supreme Court in handling this case whether it won or not he could get his name in the papers, the court system as an immigrant lawyer etc. What a shameful way to go public with your own interests in mind. Meanwhile a child may never see his father again due to the greed and corruption of the mind of that lawyer. This is a ridiculous way to move up in the world. However the man should not be allowed back in the country until he is given that right.

Week 4 EOC- Death race Jeopardy.

This was a really fun class today. I learned a lot of terms and definitions by playing Jeopardy. MAN it was competitive. Got to meet and play with some of the classmates. Awesomeness in my book and would like to learn like this every time I have a mid-term. Questions were fun and people almost got knocked over getting to the board. Here are three definitions I learned today.

Double Patenting- basically states the invention has two claims. It’s not allowed under Patent laws, and both patents can later be validated. If double patenting results from a divisional application required by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office because of the USPTO’s misperception that the two inventions were being described in the original patent application, under a special statute this rule does not apply and the patents will be considered valid.

Abandonment of Patent Application- the USPTO considers a patent application abandoned if the applicant fails to respond in a timely manner to actions or requests initiated by the USPTO. The USPTOS response to most applications is to send the applicant a notice –called an office action- rejecting one or more aspects of the patent application. The applicant must then amend the application, usually the claims, which are precise descriptions of the inventions or provide a suitable response to the USPTO within three months time.

Blocking Patent- When Patents have claims that overlap each other in a manner that the invention claimed in one patent cannot be used or sold without infringing the claims of the other patent and vice versa, each patent is referred to as a blocking patent.
There was much to learn the last four weeks in class and I think there will be much more the next few weeks to go. I look forward to it greatly!

Week 3 EOC- Jeopardy challenges and opportunities

Pretty awesome week being able to make a jeopardy game out of the patent, trademark and copyright definitions. The first thing I noticed is that I am WAY out of practice this week with my typing. I have read a lot of these terms and definitions along with some of the other side notes that have gone along with the book, and even though I did that its still hard to remember some things and easy for others.

Its also hard to decide what to put in this game because there is such a wide variety of information. The info pretty much just comes together where they are all differnent in their own way and some how connected. I realize that I have much to learn about the patents that are involved in my field. I am hoping at the end of this term I will have a strong understanding and respect for the laws that bring them together. We will see how I do with this game and hopefully I come out ahead in the end for my own standards and expectations. I have the opportunity to show myself how much I have learned.

I am the type of person that can learn with seeing things and doing them, as opposed to reading them. However, this should be very interesting.

EOC Wk 2: What I think Of Lawyers

I think in a normal environment in most cases lawyers can be understandable. In my experiences with them they are hard working and establish a very close client relationship. They have to get to know them in order to represent them. To understand their clients is important to gain their trust.

However, there are some out there that are in it only for the profit. In a sense they all are, but how they present themselves to you to get your trust in order to gain the case that they are fighting for is important. I think that alot of manipulation of the mind and of words come into play with them. They are overpaid for the most part but they speak for people that cannot speak for themselves. That is the lighter side of them. They are your voice on occasion.In the movie that we saw today in class, the lawyer was the quiet type and his assistant whom wasn't even a lawyer actually portrayed the lawyer's position well. The clients were undoubtedly wronged by the water from the electrical company and they were trying to hide it by offering to buy their property. The lawyers representing the company were without a doubt unaware of how dangerous the situation had become. That's where all of the doubts of them come into play from the investigating of the company to the medical bills that the clients had. If you're wrong you're wrong. Its their job to find out where!

EOC Week 1 : My Voice

I am the design. The design in the technological world. Advanced in Web Creation of the world and graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 2008. I am now currently enrolled in the Art Institute of Las Vegas pursuing my BA in the design of the World Wide Web. I have dabbled in quite few design creations of my own and have always been in the pursuit of bigger and better things. I challenge myself each and everyday to improve on whats new. I have been a follower of the web since the day of bulletin board systems the first "IM and or chat rooms". It has always intrigued me to go beyond the boundaries to new foundations and create designs that are totally me, all you, and completely new. I have always been in the customer service industry. I just wanted to make a difference. Just serving customers and not doing what i love had a downward spiral for me after awhile.
I plan to use the newest software for designs that are up to date and easy to use. Flash, HTML, CSS, and Javascript are among the many different styles of design in which a company can choose from. Being in the web design business means being on your feet and having new creative and innovative ideas that stand above the rest. It means being competitive.
My idea would be that, "The World Wide Web is a canvas and the creative opportunity in which we play."