Trademark infringement

Will Doolittle was a financial analyst at the corporate headquarters of Home Décor in Atlanta, Georgia. He was terminated for violating provision of the employee handbook. His violation included sending email to friends of a sexual nature and the use of Internet to play slot machine and other games. Doolittle believes his employer violated his right by monitoring his personal email and Internet use. Employer authority to check email and Internet use has grown in the present time. In most…

As the dust settled after the Civil War, the United States looked to rebuild and bring back together their broken country. In the South, the people were defeated and under the control of the North which resulted in the lives of the freed slaves becoming somewhat improved. But it was not long after that the ex-confederate states started to revert to their ways of treating the blacks as inferior. They passed a series of laws to attempt to restrict black’s freedom and continue to keep them as a…

Additive manufacturing technology, more commonly known as 3D printing, is everywhere in the news! Innovations made possible by 3D printers are changing the world and propelling society into the future. With this technology, it is possible for anyone to make anything. 3D printers are ushering a new industrial age, but the current US patent system is restricting its potential. The Federal government of the United States is questioning the legality of additive manufacturing and considers it…

Compare Contrast ICTs: Tumblr and Instagram Tumblr and Instagram are two widely known social media outputs. And because of the fact that they are both information and communication technologies, it brings up the fact of freedom of expression. Though the two apps are very similar yet also vastly different, and it’s all in how they help users communicate to their audiences. They’re both great social media platforms that help people express themselves in the easiest way but they also differ in a…

Shutter Island occurs in the mid-1950’s at Shutter Island. Shutter Island is host to Ashecliffe, a mental hospital for the criminally insane. Shutter Island’s main character is named Andrew Laeddis, and is played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Andrew Laeddis was a federal marshal before he was admitted to Ashecliffe. He was revealed to have become a workaholic and an alcoholic due to a severe trauma. I believe that he was committing most of his time to his work and alcohol, and very little time with his…

Time Out Millions of children every year become the undeserved victims of a situation in which they have no control. While many marriages last for years and the children of these relationships live a very normal life, many children who are the offspring of divorced parents live in a very unbridled environment. The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) (2013) reported in today’s society, 50% of all marriages end in divorce leaving unsuspecting children confused, frightened,…

Macys Introduction Macy's, originally R. H. Macy & Co., is a mid-range chain of department stores owned by American multinational corporation Macy's, Inc. Macy’s now serves customers through approximately 800 stores in virtually every major geographic market in the United States, with a prominent Herald Square flagship location in Midtown Manhattan. Macy's is known for its niche in popular culture and the diversity of its merchandise. Macy’s, Inc. today is often at the top of the list of…

experienced in the 2008 recession. The circumstances, policies, and reception of these changes were very much alike. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President Barack Obama’s actions in their terms as President are comparable, especially their trademark policies: The New Deal of 1933 and The Affordable Care Act of 2010, respectively. These policies inadvertently stretched the power of the Federal government, changing the meaning of federalism, especially in government-business relations.…

Shepard Fairey has been subtly demanding obedience for decades. Unconscious stares meet the face of his ubiquitous image of the late professional wrestler Andre the Giant in the streets of nearly every major city worldwide. Stickered haphazardly onto street signs, plastered to overpasses and billboards, the graphic, propaganda-esque portrait of Andre stares through dark black eyes, silently commanding “OBEY.” Or is the command to dis-obey? Such are the sardonic messages behind much of street…

Chapter-1 Performer’s rights: new dimension of copyright laws INTRODUCTION Performer’s rights with respect to cinematographic films have always been an area of dispute, this is because the producer is considered as the owner of such work and he can exploit the work for his economic advantage. A cinematographic film consists of a different rights associated to it and producer is considered as the holder of the bundle of rights only because he takes the initiative, like in a company’s case a…