1. How do I know what form of intellectual property protection is available for my work?
2. How "original" does my work have to be to merit copyright protection?
3. How much of my work is protected under a copyright?
4. Can I protect multiple but related works under the same registration?
5. How can I prove that there has been an infringement on my copyright?
6. Are there specialized courts in the United States that hear intellectual property claims?
7. Do you need permission to take a picture of someone if you will not be able to recognize them?
8. Is it illegal to Photoshop someone's picture and put it up on the Internet?
9. Is it illegal to post pictures taken of a live sporting event on the internet?
10. If you take a photograph of a structure such as Willis Tower from an abutting private lot can you sell the photograph?
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
WK 06 EOC: Illicit
“Each year, online piracy and the sale of counterfeit goods cost American businesses billions of dollars and result in hundreds of thousands of lost jobs,” said Senator Patrick Leahy
Counterfeit DVDs, Rolex watches, and Gucci handbags being sold on the corner of any given New York City Street or other major metropolitan street corner reach much farther than the local level but farther abroad for their illicit activity. These items can be traced back to China and even terrorist groups looking to make money for unknown agendas. Counterfeiting is a worldwide epidemic and is not just confined to the city street anymore but also the internet.
Rick Cotton, chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Privacy, noted to The Washington Post, “There is an epidemic of digital theft on broadband Internet. This bill is actually quite a narrow, focused effort to address a portion of that epidemic.”
Some efforts are being made to combat the tide of counterfeiting going on. On Nov. 19, 2010, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act (COICA), which allows the government to use court orders to shut down websites thought to infringe on copyright. Under the bill, a blacklist of domain names is formed, and the Attorney General may blacklist domain names with the consent of the judicial district in which the domain name registrar is located. The legislation allows the government to lock domain names and remove websites from view.
Even with some groups trying to combat the tide of counterfeiting going on, there are still some Americans that would rather turn a blind eye to what is going on and continue purchasing said goods to get a deal and remain trendy, regardless the cost to jobs and revenue. These same people believe it that companies should be responsible for their own security.
Rex Lam, MIT ’14, said. “The entertainment industries themselves should be responsible for preventing their produced material from being illegally copied.”
Thursday, February 10, 2011
WK 05 EOC: Lawyers Looking for Fame
“People just come to me. I never go looking for clients,” Olivier Metzner, describing his fondness for difficult and unpopular causes.
It seems now a days that trying to find an honest lawyer who is here to actually help you with your problems is like trying to find a mythical unicorn in the park. Every time you turn the TV on, you will see dozens of adds for lawyers claiming to want to help you get what you deserve but when you call them and agree to be their client, you never see the lawyer again and have to deal with their flunkies who are under paid and can care less about your predicament. I recently had a friend who was a passenger in a car that was involved in a motor vehicle accident. He and the other occupants of the car that was hit, called Glen Lerner to represent them. They have never once met Mr. Lerner and have had to fight with his staff to represent them accordingly. His staff has a tendency to try and accept any offer that comes in for a settlement instead of fighting to get more money for their clients. It just seems that all they want to do is take their share of the settlement for as little work as possible, even if it means getting more out of the settlement than the actual victims. How fair is that? As long as they live in a big house on the hill, drive a fancy new car, have 3.5 children, a trophy wife/or husband, and a saving account to make a middle class person weep. They don't care about you; it's all about them.
"A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns."
Mario Puzo
It seems now a days that trying to find an honest lawyer who is here to actually help you with your problems is like trying to find a mythical unicorn in the park. Every time you turn the TV on, you will see dozens of adds for lawyers claiming to want to help you get what you deserve but when you call them and agree to be their client, you never see the lawyer again and have to deal with their flunkies who are under paid and can care less about your predicament. I recently had a friend who was a passenger in a car that was involved in a motor vehicle accident. He and the other occupants of the car that was hit, called Glen Lerner to represent them. They have never once met Mr. Lerner and have had to fight with his staff to represent them accordingly. His staff has a tendency to try and accept any offer that comes in for a settlement instead of fighting to get more money for their clients. It just seems that all they want to do is take their share of the settlement for as little work as possible, even if it means getting more out of the settlement than the actual victims. How fair is that? As long as they live in a big house on the hill, drive a fancy new car, have 3.5 children, a trophy wife/or husband, and a saving account to make a middle class person weep. They don't care about you; it's all about them.
"A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns."
Mario Puzo
Thursday, February 3, 2011
WK 04 EOC: Death Race Jeopardy
Today in class we participated in "Death Race Jeopardy" to get ready for our midterms next week. The game was based on a power point design and used terms and definitions from our books. I thought the game was helpful and it made studying for the test in class a lot more exciting, instead of just another dull lecture on what we should know. Breaking up into teams and scrambling through the text book looking for answer made it exciting and competitive.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wk 03 EOC: Sample Jeopardy Questions
Q. Part of the one-year rule, the _____________holds that any invention that is placed on sale more than one year before a patent application is filed on it is not eligible for a patent.
A. On-Sale Statutory Bar
Q. ____________ is a principle that a government is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution. For the purposes of patent law, it refers to the fact that the state governments cannot be liable for patent infringement.
A. Sovereign Immunity
Q. ____________ is a patent search may be conducted after a patent has issued for the purpose of discovering any fact that might be used to invalidate, and thus break, the patent. Generally conducted by the defendant in a patent infringement action.
A. On-Sale Statutory Bar
Q. ____________ is a principle that a government is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution. For the purposes of patent law, it refers to the fact that the state governments cannot be liable for patent infringement.
A. Sovereign Immunity
Q. ____________ is a patent search may be conducted after a patent has issued for the purpose of discovering any fact that might be used to invalidate, and thus break, the patent. Generally conducted by the defendant in a patent infringement action.
A. Validity Search
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wk 01 EOC: About Me
My name is Joaquin Lares and I am an aspiring travel and portrait photographer. I have had a love affair with photography for as long as I can remember. I bought my first camera when I was in the 8th grade and have been taking photographs in one form or another since. Photography is an example of how I view the world, not just another point and click vacation photo. To be able to travel the world, photograph to places and people you visit, and share with the world your interpretation of your experience. There is nothing like it. Portrait photography is my second interest and is one of the more challenging forms of photography to learn but rewarding all the same. There is an inner satisfaction in capture the true spirit of your model and being able to display it for all to see through your creativity. Self-expression is one of the few joys anyone can experience in life that is purely their own and can not be influenced by outside source without your permission. I approach all aspects of photography, as a starving person desires food. I consume as much information as I can possibly learn from any given subject until I feel there is nothing else for me to possibly learn.
Wk 02 EOC : What I Think About Lawyers
Lawyers now a day appear to be more interested in money then in actually helping the people that are paying them. I have seen that often times that you, as a client will pay a lawyer large sums of money to represent you in court but then you find out that the lawyer delegates your case to a subordinate with way less experience while still charging you as if he is representing you. So while you are counting on his/her expertise in your case, they are in fact off on vacation or anywhere else but the courtroom.
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