Week 11 Final Evaluation: Forced Choice

1. Chambers, Everett Warren
2.Cordova, Jake Charles
3. Lopez, Osvaldo
4.Casey, Daniella Erin
5. Schmidt, Chase M
6.Lucero, Chelsea Elizabeth
7. Smith, Cary Keola
8. Hardy, Tyrone
9. Lee, Sean Anthony
10. Spencer, Randi J
11.Terheide, Melinda M
12.Uy, Maria Feinila D
13. Valencia, Eduardo
14. Howard, Brett Carroll
15.Orton, David Wayne
16. Bowman, Robert B
17. Hearty, Raymond
18. Hernandez, Edwin Jess
19. Angel, Renferd
20. Hasson, Keith
21. Hayford, Kristin
22.Silvera, Richard Michael,, Jr
23.Beymer, Eric D
24.Ferreira, Charles Edward

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.

"Computer Associates Int'l v. Altai: The Altai case itself dealt with whether a computer program interface was entitled to copyright protection. After court applied the filtration process to the interface in question, nothing was left to protect: thus, copyright protection was denied." ...pp226 Nolo

I agree with this ruling that everything can't be protected under copyright law such as ideas, elements by efficiency, external specifications, and material taken from the public domain

"Feist Publications Inc. V. Rural Telephone Service Co.: Feist argued that it wasn't fair to allow a competitor to capitalize on the labor and expense that had gone into the original directory, the Supreme Court ruled that copyright only protects original expression, not labor and expense." ...pp259 Nolo

I agree but with regret. The court ruled that information contained in phone directory was not copyrightable, and that therefore no infringement existed. the loss of revenue due to the expense of your directory is a hard nail to chew. Information is not copyrightable and it didn't have any or very low originality of creativity expression was involved to be protected by copyright laws. Prior to that ruleing there was the sweat of the brow doctrine that allowed anyone who invested time and energy into their work.

9. How much of audio can be used before it is concerned stolen, for a profit
video and a not for profit video?

Less than 2 seconds of a song can be sued for violation of copyright laws. ...Todd Uglow

10. If I make a video or a song that is a free project with partners and one of
them sells the project can I be compensated?

It depends on the partnership of the project if they had a legal agreement or a contract. A lawsuit can be pursued and can be compensation for your percentage of work on the project. ...Todd Uglow

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

The summary of the rule of law is that it is precise and to the point. The rule of law is the legal maxim that says that no one is immune to the law. The rule of law respects us and in this class respects us as equals. The rule of law protects us and our property, it gives us freedom to freely do what we desire to accomplish. There is no freedom in anarchy, when you can't leave your home or property because you're afraid of it being stolen is a life of slavery, captivity, imprisonment, and confinement. The rule of law gives us independence, opportunity, freedom without restriction.

"Where the law is subject to some other authority and has none of its own, the collapse of the state, in my view, is not far off; but if law is the master of the government and the government is its slave, then the situation is full of promise and men enjoy all the blessings that the gods shower on a state." ...Plato

"Affirmative rights: include the owners right to file a lawsuit, the right to recover damages, and the right to obtain an injunction." ...pp211 Nolo

"Common law copyright laws: The common law of copyrights is a set of legal principles applying to copyrights that U.S. courts developed from court decisions over a period of several hundred years prior to January 1,1978." ... pp223 Nolo

7. Does a web domain have to give up his domain if full the owner gives full
credit to their links?

It is fair use but how much of the article is being used and how much of a trademark is stolen from a domain? Can be sued for copyright violations. ...Todd Uglow

8. Can any image be trademarked or copyrighted if it is posted on the internet?

The copyright law is not about who was the first to posted the trademark but who published it first. ...Todd Uglow

Reasoning of the Law -- analysis of the thinking process and logic used by your lawyer

The analysis of the thinking process and logic used by your lawyer I believe was fair. When looking from the lawyers point of view at the law you're looking at societies values and beliefs that is based on our moral and ethical beliefs. They are what our society holds up as moral and ethical. We hold these law as good, Godly, important, and valuable as a means to protecting ourselves and our property.

"False advertising: in cases of accurate but deceptive claims , a court must examine evidence, for example, to determine if a company's test results have been distorted or exaggerated." ...pp422 Nolo

"Narrowing the claim: Narrowing can be done by adding more elements to the claim or by reciting the existing elements more specifically.".... pp90 Nolo

5. How much of a product or a web page must can be different to not be a knock
off?

There is no real limit per say to looking different but a law suit or can be examined be based on the general feel of the website if is similar to the original website. Things are looked at such as trademark violations like a knockoff name, or a stolen photograph, false advertising that make the website look like it's official name brand that it is stolen from. ...Todd Uglow

6. If a employee leaves a company and takes his ideas and costumers with him
can he be sued?

When an employee leaves a company only if he or she has signed an employer's noncompeting agreement they can take their ideas or profession with them. The employee cannot purposefully take the information or contacts of the clients but they can't stop their customers from fallowing them to their new employment. ......Todd Uglow

The Questions: Explain why these are of interest to you. What specific concepts and terms were involved – in other words, what are the legal issues?

I am interested in these question because all of filming I do around this city of Las Vegas. Usually the filming is for short, noncommercial video skits that are used in church. I now understand the usefulness of permission of use and understand why a property would want to protect their trademark and reputation from deceptive, misleading, or just plain false information.

3. Shooting video and film in public for a story such as”Obesity in America,”
what are the legal issues filming obese people?

Shooting in any city, county, or state about any subject whether it is true or not that might infringe on their private lives must be blurred out or only a portion of their parts if permission was not granted. ...Todd Uglow

4. Shooting video and film of a public figure or a known person, what are the
limits for the use?

Public figures are treated different than the average citizen like the "news" they don't need permission first before to run a story as long the story is true. There are limits for the news and other publications that may not be true, deceptive, misleading, a parody, or just plain false. News and other sources of information have been sued before and have lost before. ...Todd Uglow

Legal Authority: How I made contact, found this person and why they are a good choice.

After going through the list of Las Vegas lawyers who were out of town, to busy, taking a massage, won't answer the phone, and trying to leave a email from their website that fails to work. After all the money they earn they can't get their website to work, they must lose a few clients due to their non functioning website. I talked to a few students my problem with this cursed class and project and told me that there is a teacher that is a lawyer but they didn't know what his name was. I asked a few teachers about him but they only knew there is one but they couldn't remember who he was. I went to the offices in the west building and asked about who was this teacher is. They found out for me that his name is Mr. Todd Uglow and he has a class on Tuesday in room 146 so I email him to see if he would meet before his class. Mr. Uglow had returned my email and we met at 5:30pm before his class where he vary congruity answered my questions.

1. Shooting video and film in public, what are some the legal limits?

It depends on the jurisdiction of the city and permission of use of the property. A city, county, and state looks at it a revenue money maker and a way to advertise their state, city, or town. ...Todd Uglow

2. Shooting video and film in public that is also private property, what is
the legal limit that’s associated with that property?
You must get permission from the owner of the property first because it's a protecting their trade mark. Like the logo of the property, the shape and structure of the property that can be identified as being their property. The owner wants to make sure that their image is not put in an unfavorable reputation. ...Todd Uglow

EOC WEEK: Erin vs Robert Kerns

I know a little about the story of the movie called “Flash of Genius” because I have a coworker that worked with one of the son’s of Robert Kearns when he was at America Airlines. He told me about the stories and the fight for the rights for his invention and compaction for his work. The story of Erin and fight with the power company and a unemployed single mother

Week 10 BOC: Lawyer Jokes

How many lawyers does it take to stop a moving bus?

Never enough.

http://www.lawyer-jokes.us/

Q: How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb? This is a question that's been at the forefront of discussion amongst the most prestigious scholars and lawmakers of the world. Finally, after getting them all together - the question has been answered.

http://www.funnyandjokes.com/cat/jokes/lawyer

Week 7 EOC: 10 Lawyers, 10 Websites

Week 7 Eoc: 10 Lawyers with websites
Kelly G. Watson http://www.watsonrounds.com/attorneys

Michael D. Rounds http://www.watsonrounds.com/attorneys

Morishita Law Firm http://www.morishitalawfirm.com/

John W. Dozier, Jr http://www.cybertriallawyer.com

Kring & Chung http://www.kringandchung.com/

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

John Peter Lee http://www.johnpeterlee.com

Greenberg Traurig http://www.gtlaw.com/

Holland & Hart LLP http://www.hollandhart.com/

Brooke Bohlke http://www.callcallisterlaw.com/

Week 7 EOC: Intellectual Property Questions

1. Shooting video and film in public, what are some the legal limits?

2. Shooting video and film in public that is also private property, what is
the legal limit that’s associated with that property?

3. Shooting video and film in public for a story such as”Obesity in America,”
what are the legal issues filming obese people?

4. Shooting video and film of a public figure or a known person, what are the
limits for the use?

5. How much of a product or a web page must can be different to not be a knock
off?

6. If a employee leaves a company and takes his ideas and costumers with him
can he be sued?

7. Does a web domain have to give up his domain if full the owner gives full
credit to their links?

8. Can any image be trademarked or copyrighted if it is posted on the internet?

9. How much of audio can be used before it is concerned stolen, for a profit
video and a not for profit video?

10. If I make a video or a song that is a free project with partners and one of
them sells the project can I be compensated?

Week 6 EOC: Illicit: What do I think of it.

I work in the aircraft industry and illicit aircraft parts and hardware are a problem, they can make a life or death difference for people who travel. Illegal counterfeit aircraft is one that has caused airplanes to crash. Counterfeit car parts can cause enough danger and failure can cause an accident but in the aircraft industry and commercial aircraft parts can cause death. A car can pull over when there's failure but a failure with a aircraft part means an emergency. Aircraft can't pull over on a cloud when there's a problem. Security is also important when aircraft go outside the company to be worked on when they need maintenance there's no control over the parts that are used. The F.A.A. regulations and procedures over our private and commercial airlines keep use safe. Compare the U.S. and Europe safety with Asia and Latin safety where counterfeit parts are a commonplace. U.S. and Europe flights are a lot more safe than our counter parts.

Counterfeit parts, what are they? Unapproved parts: Under F.A.A. regulations unapproved parts are parts that are all aircraft parts manufactured without F.A.A. approval. Unapproved parts includes stolen parts, productions overrun, exceeded their time limits, fraudulently marked parts or with no traceability. Counterfeit parts are all the above plus they are made of inferior properties. Some of the cases are Falcon windows, flight control fittings, gyros, engine fan blades, engine mounts, gyros, and the list goes on. The criminal charges for "willfully communicate false information to endanger the safety of aircraft" ( 18 U.S.C. 32(a)(60 and "aiding and abetting, or willfully causing an offense against the United States"(18 U.S.C. 2). These charges for an individuals and corporations can get you up to five years in jail. $250,000 per count or $300,00 per count plus cost. It must be stopped for heaven's sake, the lives of our children and families.

Week 5 EOC: Lawyers looking for fame

Hypocrites. Why do we judge certain people of their certain professions so harshly? Does it start early as children when they hear the jokes or the hostile conversations from other people with their war stories. Or maybe these people think they should be the forgotten hero who jumps in front of the bus or grenade without thought for his own safety. The poor slob and his life that is torn apart crawls into office and the evil Darth Lawyer grabs him by the neck and shakes him for all his worth. Justices was served only because an injustices was done to the poor slob. I haven't meet a person yet that did the job whatever it might be with the sincerity of heart like they were Superman or Batman.


If I'm ever in a situation requiring a lawyer and I don't have the funds (Like everyone I know that's not a millionaire) I hope to find a lawyer that his payment is only just interested in some face time in front of the Supreme Court, I'm all into it. The issue is only about payment and what the payment is, it isn't like anyone does anything for free. Barry A. Schwartz, a criminal defense lawyer in Denver, said of many of the dozen or so lawyers who called him after he had won an appeals court decision on an issue that was likely to reach the Supreme Court. “It’s not because they love your client or believe in the legal principle your case presents. They want to get the case into the Supreme Court.” I don't agree with that statement, does a lawyer that asks for cash up front ant better than a lawyer who want the experience of the Supreme Court.


Case in point: Law firms trying to build or maintain credible Supreme Court practices must show paying clients that they have a consistent presence in the court, and law school clinics have to provide work to the students. Separately and in combination, firms and clinics offer their services free to poor clients in exchange for taking a lead role in the case. That means people with legal troubles but no money can end up with a top-tier lawyer with deep experience before the court. That's what I'm talking about, people need help and now they have a opportunity to have it. The specialists respond to critics by pointing to data showing that their record in the court is quite good. They say their ethical obligations are to the individuals they represent and not to the agendas of interest groups.

Ethical obligations are the stanard and the public is served.

Week 4 EOC: Death Race Jeopardy

Death Race Jeopardy, the game of intrigue, skill, and know how.   The game we played in class was fun, informative, and a learning tool. At first a PowerPoint Jeopardy game looked like a joke but after awhile I could see how it was helping me learn. Looking up  all the definitions and trying out how to make them into a question was defiantly a challenge. I'd like to learn how they were able to set up the game in PowerPoint, the knowledge is very useful for presentations. The game in the class really helped me with these definitions and the extra 42 points helped.

The game in class was really fun, nerve racking, and talk about combative. People running over each other, hiding their answers from the other classmates. Working with other classmates, coming up with answers, correct answers before the other team members did was fantastic. When the runner was writing down the answer before the time ran out, was very thrilling.

Preparing the Jeopardy game and playing the game I did learned a few things. Simple stuff like the date of invention, the date the inventor can prove the invention was conceived or when it was built and tested. Graham vs. John Deere, the 1966 Supreme Court case states guidelines for determining when a invention is nonobvious.


A large entity is a for profit company is one that has over 500 employees and the official Gazette is two weekly online publications produced by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.   

The repair doctrine, anyone who is authorized to make, use, or sell a patented device is also permitted to repair and replace unpatented components. The best for last, the Bayh-Dole Act, enacted in 1980, permits universities to claim patent rights in inventions created at a university with federal funding.

Week 3 EOC : Jeopardy - Challenges and Opporitunties

Jeopardy: the American game of intrigue, wits, challenges, and opportunities that's featuring trivia in wordplay, sports, history, arts, math, pop culture, science,  geography, and much more. Jeopardy is a game that’s not for the weak minded or feeble knees.  A game of useless information of a unique  answer and question format where contestants are given the answer and must phrase their response in a question form.

The challenge of Jeopardy is to engage in a contest of skill, strength, cross-examine, investigate, needle, and pick one's brains for trivial information. Answers like,for 100,  Kimigayo: What is Japan's country's song? and for 100, Keiko, Komuro Tetsuya, Marc Panther: Who are the members of Globe? Who can ever forget, for 500, Uran-chan: What is Tetsuwan Atomu's sister's name? and also, for 200, 16: What is Hideo Nomo's uniform number? There are the easy ones like, Mississippi:  What is the longest river in America? and Canada: What country is north of America? The real challenge is to see if you are really smart or just a nerd without a life.

The game Jeopardy really a useful tool in learning new information, exercising the old noggin, and learning to retain possible useful information. It's like having that place to keep endless junk. Thinks like rubber bands, screws, tape, and odds and ends. Things you might need in the future to hold or fix something in a desperate time.  Jeopardy's information might be needed in a job interview or maybe a  project that needs a special touch that only you; the Jeopardy player can know.

I know there will be a time in the future when I will be questioned at a job interview, Who said: "I'm the president of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli"? A: George Bush.

Week 2 EOC: What I think of lawyers.

What I think of lawyers.

Well, I never ever had to hire a lawyer so my opinion is neutral.  I believe they are like doctors who spend years in school, working, studying and paying the high cost of school loans. When you have to go to a doctor and having to rely on his or her expertise in their field hoping they have the experience and practice necessary to examine a person, determine if there is an illness, diseases, or just healthily.   

 A doctor also must know the proper treatment and medication necessary for the patient without killing or injuring the patient. Our lives, friends, and families are in his trusting hands of the doctor. I believe a lawyer deserves somewhat the respect as you do a doctor.  A lawyer spends years in college and the high cost of school loans plus passing a bar examine. We trust lawyers on his or her expertise in their field hoping they have the experience and practice necessary to investigate all avenues in the law so you are fully represented in a court of law.

I think lawyers aren’t trusted as much as doctors are that they weasel all the way into all the little cracks in the law to win their cases. It isn’t about truth and justice but that the case wins. A doctor can be personal and is concerned about your health and welfare but a lawyer is about a percentage of your property that was stolen or someone trying to take your property. What was lost or gained leaves you with a feeling of being robbed as the large amount is given to the lawyer.

What I really think of lawyers, they are what they are. If I ever, ever have to go to court I want to have the best one to represent me, and I’ll be very grateful I have one.   

Week 1 EDC: My Voice

I moved to Las Vegas Nevada in 1992 where I become of a member of a church called The Potters House. There I was asked to join a video team for a live music and drama scene on Saturday nights in 1998. I accepted the invitation and after about two years I became the video director for short films, visualizations and the director for the show's video line up, cameras, and a video effects mixer, and  for a live show called Solid Rock Live.

I longed to further my abilities for the Solid Rock Live and adventure further into the world of video and film. Now I am in collage working for a bachelor's degree in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics at the Art Institute of Las Vegas. I expect to graduate in 2011 and I am ready to take my abilities to new worlds to explore. To create special effects, animation, or other visual images using film, video, computer or other electronic tools and media for use in products or creations, such  as computer games, movies, music videos, and commercials.

I'm also looking forward to having the bachelor's degree in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics with core courses including English and math with the variety of graphic design classes that prepare me for careers in entertainment industry or corporate America. The work arena in which the visual effects and motion graphics can be used in just huge. Movies, television, and the internet are the biggest industries where this knowledge is needed, and a graduate with a degree in this field is in high demand in these fields.