Week 11: Final Evaluation: Forced Choice

1. Kristine Alberto
2. Vivian Diamond
3. Saul E. Lopez
4. Stanley s. Nolan
5. C. J Jones
6. Ryan Louis Fernandez
7. Lonnie Chester
8. Leslie Rodriguez-Delgado
9. Korsyca Oya
10. Adam Mukaya
11. Joanne Fernandez
12. John A. Zullo
13. Katherine Gaerlan Calesing
14. Jake Albert Crissman
15. Christina Cassaro
16. Shantay Reaze
17. Rebekah Anne Klatsky
18. Stephen Joesph Armellino

I think Kristine did a great job on her final. She explained in detail about her conversation with her lawyer and she provided many quotes from the book.

Week 11: Final Evaluation

I felt that throughout the class I have learned so much about patents, copyrights and trademarks. The information I have learned will help me greatly in the future to protect myself as an artist since I will be dealing with copyright laws. I’m glad I will have some knowledge what some companies have done to deal with these types of situations. I had a fun experience in this class. I thought watching parts of the movies that were shown were very interesting movies to see. I really enjoyed listening to the conversation about companies getting lawsuits or having to change their name because they had the same name as a famous business. I enjoyed having a laugh here and there in the class discussions. Having to tweet everyday for 11 weeks I thought became a very good reason for me to look up what is happening in my field of work that I want to go into. I would have not known about animations I have not seen before or that there is an all women animation organization only. As for a grade I think I deserve a B because I have done all my EOCs, BOCs and my final project but I feel that my final project, I sort of a had difficult time putting the quotes in my paragraph to make sense. As for the last tweets I did it al l in one day.

Eoc Week 10: Robert Kearns

My thoughts on Robert Kearns are that he had given up so much to fight Ford for stealing his invention. After finding out that it took him 12 years to finally settle it, I think that takes great dedication but as if commenting suicide. To put up a battle with a powerful company is like facing a bull head on. I think that losing his family to protect his invention of the windshield wiper is a great sacrifice that many people would never do. To me he is not a hero but a man jumping off the edge of the world to prove a point.
I think that the movie is a fantasy of what they wanted Robert Kearns to be like in the end after he had won the case. Hearing that he was nothing like that and a real ass in reality I believe the stress of what had happen may have had a contribution to the way he started to act. Since the issue took years to finally come to a close, it can change someone for good. In the end I think Ford should have never stole Robert Kearns’ idea in the first place. Maybe his life would have been perfect with his wife and kids. He would be living happy and stress free. His family wouldn’t have to face the hardships with him obsessing about getting his invention to be proven that it was made by him. The car company had their own engineers working on the idea of the windshield wiper that would pause in between but I they figured they would steal a regular citizens idea instead. I think Ford thought Robert Kearns wouldn’t fight them and simple give up because he had no power. He was a nobody, until he started to take action against the company.

BOC Week 10: Lawyer jokes

What’s the difference between a lawyer and an onion?
Answer: You cry when you cut up an onion

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Lawyer.htm

Did you hear about the new sushi bar that caters exclusively to lawyers?
Answer: It's called, Sosumi.

http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/jklaw.html

What do male lawyers and sperm have in common?
Answer: Only one in two million do any real work!

http://www.extremelysmart.com/humor/lawyerjokes.php

Why won't sharks attack lawyers?
Answer: Professional courtesy.

http://www.lotsofjokes.com/lawyer_jokes_2.asp

A mother and son were walking through a cemetery, and passed by a headstone inscribed "Here lies a good lawyer and an honest man." The little boy read the headstone, looked up at his mother, and asked "Mommy, why did they bury two men there?"

http://www.kinseylaw.com/JOKES/jokes.html

Week 9: First Amendment and the news

The first amendment does protect freedom of speech and the burning of Koran, many are saying is a type of speech. The event was to honor what happened on September 11 2001. I say it is not a right thing to do even though it is to celebrate 911. I believe that the aftermath of this event happening is that there may be an outrage that will cause people to get hurt. Religion is very powerful and can cause an uprising. It is hard to have to protect the actions of this individual but he does have every right to protest. My thoughts on it is that he should think about what can happen after if he goes through with this doing. Many people want him dead when he announced of what he was to do. It could cause chaos and lives put in danger. His outspoken type of speech won’t restore any peace for 911.
As for the news I think they sometimes over exaggerate stories. With the burning of Koran, it is very important to inform the people about what is to happen. They even had a discussant about president Obama’s thoughts about the event. The media can change stories to entertain the public. They may add in a little spice to make the story entertaining as well as change one fact. Once they get a hold of information, the news can do anything with it. It doesn’t matter if you’re the good guy or the bad and if you’re powerful, one false slip from the news can ruin a person’s reputation. Sometimes I think that certain people want to appear on the news to gain attention so that everyone around the country will know what they are doing or what they did. I think the news takes advantage of that.

Your own argument and opinions. Did you agree or disagree with the rulings. Provide some authority for your argument such as quotes from the book.

I thought that most of the information I received from my lawyer was very accurate. There were some answer that I didn’t like to hear but it is the law so I can’t do much about it. My question about selling an art piece for cheap and discovering it on the cover of a magazine in which the lawyer told me that I basically sold it so I gave up my rights to the drawing. I didn’t like the answer I got back because I figured I could do something to claim rights but my art became public domain if “Any invention that is published, put in public use, sold…” (Patent, Copyright, Trademark Richard Stim, 118) After hearing that I do somewhat agree after I thought about it because “If the author sells the copyright to someone else, the purchasing person or business owns the copyright.” (Patent, Copyright, Trademark Richard Stim, 191) Selling my art at a convention which I probably didn’t put any copyright on it since it would be a piece I was willing to sell for cheap. I do agree with my lawyer when we discussed about if a member of my team stole my background design and used it for his own purposes without crediting me. She said that I can sue him and I just have to have my proof ready. “ In the event someone infringes the exclusive rights of a copyright owner, the owner is entitled to sue in federal court…” (Patent, Copyright and Trademark Richard Stim, 193) With that if something like this were to happen to me I will know that the judge can “…award full cost to a party in an infrigngment lawsuit…” (Patent, Copyright and Trademark Richard Stim, 362) I sort of agree with the lawyer’s answers to my question asking if I use the background audio of a song and just changing the words, do I still have to ask for permission? She told me that I would still have to ask permission anyways and that “Parody occurs when one work ridicules another well- known work by imitating it in a comedic way.” (Patent, Copyright and Trademark Richard Stim, 277) If I was not intending on having the song be that funny then it will not be a parody. I think that I’m like the “Many people mistakenly believe that they can use copyrighted material as long as they credit the author.” (Patent, Copyright and Trademark Richard Stim, 203)

Rule of law:a concise summary of the main precedent established. Support with quotes form the book

I understand that “Patent applicants typically are independent inventors who choose to build and distribute their own interventions…” (Patent, Copyright, Trademark Richard Stim, 98) I will use that if I were to create a toy or clothing line if my character or animation becomes popular and I want to start distributing it. I have some knowledge of patents but I know that copyrights are what artist deal with the most out of everything. “A collective mark is a symbol, label, word, phrase or other mark used by members of a group of organization to identify goods members produce or services they render.” (Patent, Copyright, Trademark Richard Stim, 387) To design my company for animation I will have to create a unique name or logo to identify ourselves. I know that “…when a work is first entitled to copyright protection- that is, when it is first ‘created’. “ (Patent, Copyright and Trademark Richard Stim, 228) I will know that all of my art pieces are protected when they are first created but it is up to me to keep them protected. It is very important that “Registration is mandatory before a copyright infringement action can be filed in court.” (Patent, Copyright and Trademark Richard Stim, 221) to have in mind in case I get into a situation where I find someone not following my copyrights. “ The reason for acquiring permission is to avoid a lawsuit.” (Patent, Copyright and Trademark Richard Stim, 282) I know that this will be very important because I don’t ever want to get sued especially chasing a large corporation that maybe stole my design. “To design or build a device or process that is similar to but doesn’t infringe on invention protected by a patent…” (Patent, Copyright and Trademark Richard Stim, 52) My design can be designed around like different technological gadgets today.