Week 8 EOC: Bratz VS Mattel

Bratz and Barbie are two big names in the toy industry with a long lasting family feud that has been dragged out for almost a year.  These brands have made their mark on the world with their many figurines movies videogames songs posters products that have been sold worldwide. These memory making icon in the hands and homes for millions of little girls around the world have been in a struggle to prove who exactly really owns the rights to the “Bratz” brand. Mattel has spent large sums of money in this fight to claim what they believe is their own property. You can tell by a long distance the difference between the much loved dolls and the difference in the attitude that where given to the in the creation so what makes Mattel think it is rightfully theirs to own in retrospect to this undeniable fact. Most see the conflict as a huge waste of money on the part of the larger rival Mattel. “The rehearing of the first where, in 2008, a jury concluded that Barbie doll clothing designer Carter Bryant was under contract to Mattel when he came up with the initial design for the Bratz dolls. The jury awarded Mattel $100 million, and the trial judge ruled that the Bratz franchise was the property of Mattel.”( ANN ZIMMERMAN)  this was the one of the victories of Mattel which was to later get overturned which Mattel continued this back and forth between the two. This leaving the owner of the brand up in the air.

Week 8 BOC: Status

In my final I a straight forward plan to get everything I need to complete and be informed on issues that concerns me directly. I plan to draw up questions related to music creation and infringement on things like sampling or a voice over in retrospect of a speech being put in or even names that are mention in a song. These are the type of things I want to know. I have not specifically found a lawyer yet but I have a few promising ones that I am close to getting answers from. My blog is still on track but my tweets are still far behind which I plan to make up as soon as possible. Everything other than that is on par with where I should be. The schedule I put on the final leaves me finishing up early and free to get the rest of my work finished for this class. I am confident everything will be done in a timely manner and that there is nothing else that can be a hindrance too my productivity. Everything is set in order and there is nothing else to cover. This is my current status for this week of class.

EOC Week 7 Lawyers

Preston Sterling Kerr 702-608-0835
Dillon G. Coil            702-658-6100
Mark Borghese         702-382-0200
Neil B. Shouse          702-380-4895
Mitchell  S. Bisson     702-385-3343
John Rizvi                  702-997-1826
Tiffany Swanis           702-862-3300
Brooke Bohlke          702-385-3343
William Wray             702-792-7000
Leanne Dodds            702-949-8272

EOC Week 6 Illicit Trading

There are many different opinions on the illicit trading. There have been a lot of arguments for it and the cause of this epidemic and why it is both bad and good. Illicit trading boost the economy for certain countries while it also provides the demand for things that are out of our reach as people on the lower end of the totem pole financially. But this is not the issue that is concerning in which is the in between that has been open for the less behaved Samaritans that has taken advantage of the trade for more malice deed in drugs weapons and trafficking this in itself becoming a product of mass destruction to our society and cripples our control over what goes to whose hands. This action in itself complicates the world of business as we see it. We continue to give in to these dark angels who gives us what we want in demand fulfilling manner and becomes a power in which we cannot grasp fully or hope to regain a foothold onto it. In audio countless forms of pirating have been established to contribute to crippling the amount someone can live off of in this profession. That means movies music sound effects speeches scripts trademarks are up for grabs in this whirlpool of a mess that is no open to anyone with the knowledge to obtain it. Nothing is safe but everything is protected, we can safe guard our things but it doesn't stop the cycle of distribution that is theft on our creative identity. Then where do we point the finger for when it is time to collect when there is millions and millions of people taking and copying and redistributing different types of works. Where does it end and where does it start for us to become a safe entity