Week 8 EOC: Bratz Vs Mattel

On 02/28/13, Mattel Inc creators of the Barbie brand of dolls, goes back to court to to prove that MGA Entertainment stole the toy company's intellectual property when it created the popular Bratz doll. The two companies have been in a dispute for almost ten years. Court rullings have been on and off as well. The courts have ruled that MGA Entertainment stole from Mattel Inc and other court rulings coe up as Mattel Inc never stealing intellectual property. Both companies have been wasting millions in these lawsuits and it is costing the company. I think the case will end up going to the supreme court to be finished once and for all with a dispute that has been going on for almost ten years. I believe Mattel Inc wont get anything. The Bratz toys are a completely different design from the Barbie, while the idea is the same and both are toys the way the Bratz toys are designed is different and I think that is enough for the courts to rule in MGA Entertainment's favor. This is just and attempt by Mattel Inc to eliminate their only competitor but instead of wasting money on suing MGA Entertainment they should be using that money to expand on the Barbie or prefferably something completely new.

Week 8 BOC: Progression on Final Project

Overall I'm caught up with the class I have most of my tweets up and I have all of my EOC's minus week 6 because of an absence. In my final project have a gathered at least 10 lawyers on intelletual property and their phone numbers. I have called 3 of them only to answer to a secretary who would only take a message to deliver to the lawyer. I remained as polite and professional as possible even knowing that the likelyhood that my message would be delivered and the lawyer would find the time to answer my 10 questions is low, one can have hope right. I don't know how long it takes for them to return a call I contacted them on Tuesday so it hasn't been long, however I think I'm just going to move on to the other lawyers on my list just in case no of them return my calls. Most of the lawyers on my list are young and I think that is going to be handy as that means they are recent graduates with the memory of college life still fresh in their minds, they may sympathize with me as they can relate to me on some level.

Week 7 EOC: Lawyers

Joshua L. Benson - 702-979-2405

Patricia Lee - 702-385-2500

David T. Duncan - 702-979-2405

Michael D. Rounds - 702-636-4902

Robert H. Reynolds - 702-997-0467

Shimon Law Chartered - 702-312-4175

John C. Lambertsen - 702-997-1732

Scott A. Marquis - 702-979-2405

Ryan R. Gile - 888-336-9296

Matthew M. Reynolds - 702-997-0467

Week 5 EOC: Patent Troll

These people or corporations have no need to sue, clearly they are in it for the money or at the very least damage the company. Patent troll is a pejorative term used for a person or company that enforces its patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered unduly aggressive or opportunistic, often with no intention to manufacture or market the product. A related, less pejorative expression is non-practicing entity (NPE) which describes a patent owner who does not manufacture or use the patented invention.^[1]From what I read from the article it looks like most of these lawsuits are just people trying to make an easy quick buck trying to exploit the system. Now if they were selling a similar product and they are a direct competitor then that is alright, but the ones that have no interest in selling that product have no right. Those that are not in the interest in selling the product are not damaged in any way. However companies in order to avoid this in the future need to come up with a better way to properly label their products so less of these products fall through the cracks. Unless companies can think of something soon then corparations will continue to loose money on pointless lawsuits instead of going into the wages of hard workers.