Reasoning of the law

The lawyer I talked provided and in depth of information and answers for my questions. We talked about the differences in torts and crimes for where I was heading. "Because tort law is so broad, it takes a while to understand its boundaries." pg. 77 

My lawyer went into depth about his answers when I asked him the ones dealing with copyright. The lawyer answered my question on the important issue dealing with intellectual property he answered The first big issue is who owns the content. The question of ownership is very technical. It is almost like a complicated jigsaw puzzle. There are copyrights, trademarks, licenses, and all sorts of things that you need to consider first to make sure that you’re nice and safe. He meant that there was a lot to go through for my work to be protected and dealing with ownership. "A working knowledge of these issues can help everyone from business executive to citizen alike." pg. 103 

The lawyer had quite some answers and went to my questions in a certain approach. When it came to the question about infringement  he answered even if you run a blog site and someone uploads copyrighted material to it and you haven’t made certain filings with the U.S. Copyright Office for safe harbor, you’re in trouble. What he means is that I need to do certain filing and I can get in trouble regardless if it is not mine and I admit it but the fact with someone else's work on my blog can get torn down and pay a huge fine. It will make things for you better if you did know that you are liable for innocent infringement. It would worse if you did not know because that can land someone in a whole lot of trouble. 

  "Fraud refers to various crimes, all of which have a common element: the deception of another person for the purpose of obtaining money or property from him" pg. 114  

Fraud is what I would like to avoid next to copyright issues.

Legal Authority

It was not an easy task to reach a lawyer. I did my research online to find lawyers that dealt with copyright, patent, trademark, and intellectual property which ever subject would be just fine.. I stumbled upon Weide & Miller which dealt with all the subjects I have listed. Now I should remember "Unethical behavior is a risky business strategy and it may lead to disaster" pg. 20
I needed to make absolute sure that every single word coming out of my word did not sound like a kid in elementary school. I needed them to be professional, mature, and prepared to talk to the professionals."When making ethical decisions, people sometimes on the reason for the decision and they want to do what is right" pg. 20 I contacted the place and I'm suggesting the person at the front desk answered. I asked him if there was an attorney available for me to talk to on questions about trademark, copyrights, and all related topics. He tells me the attorneys will like to answer my questions for a cost of being to explain in depth questions about them. I was truly nervous because one screw up with my vocabulary meant the end of talking in an interview and the cost of me failing.That right there gave me an authority to talk to one of lawyers and amazingly I did. The man I talked lasted over half an hour. We went over my questions I asked and even went as far before even conducting the interview this is for a college project. I went in deep begging and pleading for him to help me out and even told him that you were in that time Mr. you know what it felt like to do projects that landed your career and made who you are today. The persuasion worked and the man was very nice and I'm very surprised I did not have pay to talk to him. The fact he did not charge me for the half an hour interview truly gave me a sense of hope. I thought this company that resides near Summerlin, Las Vegas was a great choice. I was truly surprised by how honest the lawyer was to me and how he was not a greedy cheap lawyer now these days. The interview went quickly and easily and I was satisfied with some of his answers and I did agree and disagree with some terms but occasionally we worked it out.

The Questions Final

Ian Galdamez
BUS250H Contracts, Negotiations, and Copyright
These questions I am asking to the lawyer are all related to the subjects of Intellectual property and copyright issues. Some indeed are important to not only for me in the future but for others as well. The terms involved here all deal with copyright and trademark issues and trying your absolute best to make sure all of your work is protected. "Each of us have a duty to behave as a reasonable person would under the circumstances" pg. 94

1. What is the most important problem related dealing with intellectual property for an online content publisher?
2. There is always going to be different terms and tasks for this but what is the difference an assignment, a work made for hiring, and a license?
3. There will be times where it can happen to not me but anyone else. Why should I care so much about getting ownership issues resolved
4. I may not know this either, and the penalty will be massive and put anyone in misery. When are there times where I can be liable to infringement?
5. This is constantly happening a lot. How do some sites such as YouTube get away with such acts?
6. How about when it comes to linking videos? Is it all right to do so?
7. How can I fully protect myself when I'm licensing my own content such as work, posts, and blogs?
8. Is labeling Your work with the copyright logo guaranteed that your work is protected from thiefs?
9. It is going to be a rough time for me indeed for this. How can I easily solve the very complex issues that deal with copyright and ownership?
10. How will I know what type of protection is available for my work and/or projects?

Used Cars

In the movie of Used Cars for the crimes committed are:

1. Assault and battery in the bar
2.Speeding on the highway from the multiple cars on the road.

Bratz Brawl

Week 9 EOC Bratz Brawl 

The doll wars between the brands Barbie and Bratz heads back to the court once again. They head back to court this time to prove the idea of Isaac's Larian MGA Entertainment Inc. stole the toy's company intellectual property when it created the first popular Bratz dolls about 10 years ago. The main issue is to settle who is the official owner of the Bratz dolls. Some parts of the case have been litigated in federal court in Santa Ana, California will be going to dueling allegations that each of the companies have participated in a battle of dirty deeds in an effort to steal trade secrets. The company MGA disguised themselves as retails or toy sellers equipped with fake business cards in order to get into the competitors show rooms at toy fairs and collect information on their rivals. MGA will provide evidence for the court that shows Mattel involved in an unfair competition by getting a retailer to remove every single product from MGA from all of its stores and even go as far and ruin a deal with a video game company because of its alliance with Bratz according to the courts. The video game company was THQ. Mattel argues both allegations, Mike Zeller, an attorney for Mattel spoke that the information was stolen and were not trading secrets. MGA officially released in public. For Mr. Zeller, he says allegations about the stuff with THQ are not all correct. It is ok for a company to do work with another company until there is concerns. Mattel accuses employees of MGA for sneaking into its showrooms to peek at incoming products during toy fairs. Mattel also adds that MGA stole trade secrets by encouragement of employees from Mexico and Canada. The court will go in detail from both sides.

EOC Week 8

EOC Week 8-  10 Questions 

1. For projects on my career for visual effects, how are some ways to fully protect my work from others? 

2. My property is mine and mine alone, if I were to own a business and other employees and I'm an employer or owner, how can they use it safely without violation of taking credit for my work? 

3. What is an important issue with intellectual property for an owner especially when performing the task online? 

4. What is the difference between work for hire, a license, and an assignment? 

5. How will I know when I am truly liable for copyright infringement? 

6. What are some successful easy ways to deal with very complex issues of copyright and/or ownership? 

7. How are some ways to truly protect myself especially when I am licensing content for my work? 

8. Should I be careful for linking videos for work? 

9. How can YouTube get away with intellectual property issues? 

10. Is labeling your work with the copyright logo make it official to be absolutely protected?

EOC Week 7 Lawyers

EOC Week 7 Lawyers

1.       Collucci & Umans – Intellectual property Las Vegas, NV 646-480-1507/ www.collucci-umans.com

2.       Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. Intellectual property Lawyers serving Las Vegas/ 212-500-1845 Free Consultation/                                                www.goldsteinpatentlaw.com

3.        Preston Sterling Kerr – Intellectual property Lawyers in Las Vegas 702-608-0835 www.sterlingkerrlaw.com

4.       Weiss & Moy, P.C. serving Clark County. Full Intellectual Property Law firm. 480-999-1620 http://www.weissiplaw.com/

5.       Kenehan & Lambertsen Limited/ Patents and Trademarks Attorney/ 702-997-1732 http://www.johnlambertsen.com/

6.       McDonald Carano Wilson LLP. Highly rated Law Firm practicing intellectual property since 1949/  702-873-4100 http://www.mcdonaldcarano.com/

7.       Olsen, Cannon, Gormley, Angulo, & Stoberski A professional Corporation/ Practice Civil Trial and Appellate Courts/ 888-614-6103  www.Ocgas.com

8.       Neil J. Beller/ Civil, Criminal, Bankruptcy, or real estate/702-706-8929                       www.neiljbeller.com/

9.       Weide & Miller , Ltd/ Intellectual property and Technology Law Firm/ 888-336-9296 http://weidemiller.com/

10.   Fredrickson, Mazeika, & Grant, LLP/ Practical to minimize the cilents litigation costs/                        (702) 384-4048                http://www.fmglegal.com/