EOC: Week 3 Jeopardy

1.       How long is the statutory period for a design patent? A.  Design patents only last 14 years.

2.       When was the American Invent Act founded? A.  September, 2011.

3.       Infringement action is required when the blank is granted.  A. Patent

EOC Week 1: My Voice

My name is Jose Gonzalez and im currently a senior studying Fashion &Retail Management at The Art Institute of Las Vegas. I moved out to Vegas about two and a half years ago, originally from Santa Barbara, CA. I come from a small town where fashion isn’t the big interest therefore I decided if I wanted to pursue my career in fashion I would have to relocate. I currently now work as a Manager at a woman’s clothing store better know as Ann Taylor. I have been working with Ann Taylor for about one year and 3 months now. I plan on pursuing my career with Ann Taylor and perhaps running my own store in the Las Vegas district in the next year. I later on plan on moving to the East Coast to pursue corporate level work, I plan on working with the buying team and look forward to working with the brand for the next few years. Of course buying wont be the only focus, Id also like to pursue developing my own clothing brand. I want to develop an online business that produces tees, tanks, hoodies, and underwear. I want to cater my business to the gay community and perhaps expand to other consumer markets. I believe Fashion is everywhere that is why I am so passionate of what I do.

EOC: Week 2 Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich is a movie based on a true story.  The movie is about a woman in her mid 30's struggling to feed her 3 children and to make matters worse is unemployed and attempting to sew a doctor for running her over.  Erin's behavior during court causes her to loose her case and decides to vent off to her lawyer.  She then surprises her lawyer by storming into his firm and demanding him to employ her in exchange for loosing her case.  It didn't take long for Erin to keep busy that's when she discovered the water issue that was happening in the town.  As time goes by and research builds up she then realizes a pattern that is happening in these homes.  It turns out the neighbors around this factory are becoming ill and so are their families.  Erin and her boss Ed approach PG & E regarding these cases and of course they offer a settlement of $250,000 for each family which  they refused.  As the movie goes Erin continues to look into this and comes to find out that there was chromium in their water which was causing illnesses and serious health issues.  As the movie ends PG& E decides to settle for a compensation of $333 million dollars to be split equally among the families, 40% of that money was agreed to go to Ed for taking on the case.  Of course Erin deserved the credit for taking this case on and she was also awarded $2 million on her share.