Your Own Argument and Opinions

Overall for this project there was plenty that at first I did not agree with. I kept asking myself why put all of these rules and laws on something as simple as taking a picture. What was the point in all of this when many people don’t seem to listen to them as is. “In traditional trademark infringement cases, the second user of a trademark confuses consumers into believing that they are buying goods from the first user. (Patent, Copyright & Trademark an intellectual property desk reference, Richard Stim, pg. 463)Upon further evaluation though I saw that there was plenty of information that I seemed to be missing or just side stepping. Through this project I have learned more about intellectual property law then a good portion of the class. By speaking with Mr. Townsend I learned that just because some people don’t obey by these laws they are in place to help. . “ The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection authorizes customs inspectors to seize any products bearing infringing marks and to contact the mark’s owner” (Patent, Copyright & Trademark an intellectual property desk reference, Richard Stim, pg. 396) Putting these laws into effect they do help the people. Inventors and creative thinking people do need these laws because they help to establish a hold for these people that will give them the opportunity to backlash if need be. “ When a mark is placed on the federal Principal Register, the law assumes that all other mark users anywhere in the United States will know that someone else owns that registered mark.” (Patent, Copyright & Trademark an intellectual property desk reference, Richard Stim, pg. 403)  Of course you will always have those people who will cause problems for others. Plus you may have those people who are simply ignorant of what others want to convey to them. I believe that in order to make a start in this world with a business among other things you do kneed to establish some rules and these laws are just that. “ If the court finds that trade secret theft has occurred, it may issue an order requiring all those wrongfully in possession of the information to refrain from using it or disclosing it to others.” (Patent, Copyright & Trademark an intellectual property desk reference, Richard Stim, pg. 529)