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Thursday, December 5, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
The Mud Files in New Bratz Brawls
The Mud files in New
Bratz Brawls
I read an article by Ann Zimmerman called It’s the dolls
Rematch. It says that Mattel Inc., was going to court to prove once again that
Isaac Larian’s MGA Entertainment Inc.
stole the toy company’s intellectual property when it created the
popular Bratz doll line a decade ago and this case will determined who is the
rightful owner of the sultry looking of dolls. Also there case being
litigated in federal court in Santa Ana, Calif., will be devoted to dueling
allegations that each company engaged in a host of dirty deeds in an effort to
steal trade secrets. "This will be a remarkable trial," Judge
David O. Carter said during pretrial motions in the case in October, according
to a transcript. MGA alleges at least four former Mattel employees, with the
knowledge of Mattel executives, disguised themselves as retailers or toy
distributors and complete with fake business cards and dummy invoices and to
gain access to competitors' show rooms at toy fairs and glean information on
rivals' newest products, price lists and marketing strategies, according to
court documents. In an email
written by Mattel Chief Executive Robert Eckert that has been presented to the
court as evidence, he asks one of his executives if he wants him "to kill" a deal
between Mattel and video company THQ. It was who
made the Bratz videogames. Mattel disputes both allegations. Mike
Zeller, an attorney for Mattel, said the information that MGA claims was stolen
weren't trade secrets. "In many cases, MGA had released it to the public." Moreover, Mr.
Zeller says MGA's allegations about the events involving THQ are confused and
inaccurate. He says “it is reasonable and lawful for a company to
evaluate whether to do business with another company if it has concerns.” Mattel, for its part, accuses MGA
employees of sneaking into its showrooms to peek at coming products during toy
fairs, according to court documents. Then there is the allegation of purloined papers. Mattel alleges that MGA stole trade
secrets by encouraging Mattel employees from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. to
download Mattel documents before coming to work at MGA, according to court
documents.
I think this whole thing is cine of
amazing and crazy that dolls companies really had all these things going on.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
ECO Supreme Court Prayer
EOC Supreme Court
Prayer
The source is NBC News it says that in Washington that the
Supreme Court, is testing how far they can go in government bodies can offering
prayers at the beginning of an official meetings. There was a after courtroom arguments in a case that
was brought by two women from upstate New York that they though that justices
had no interest in eliminating prayers at government meetings. They say instead
they use justices grappled with that they” could come up limits to the prayer
without making those disagree with the message feel coerced into participating, or fear that they may
alienate government officials.” Also that justice Elena Kagan was thinking if it would be permissible
for the Supreme Court to open the sessions by having a minister face the
lawyers and to have them “Acknowledge the saving sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the
cross.” Like for if they had the chief justice then called your
case by using making an members sign of the cross would that make it okay. Thomas
Hungar, a lawyer for the town, said that he did not think so but in this case
prayer before a legislative body, the court doctrine has found that the
country, “from its very foundations and founding,” allow it, he said.
Also the thorny nature of the case was apparent throughout the argument. Some
justices wondered what would be an acceptable prayer to appeal to all faiths,
and the nonbelievers. Justice Antonin Scalia asked, to laugher in the courtroom:
“What about devil-worshippers?” “Who is going to make this determination?”
said John Roberts wanted to know. Scalia drew a distinction between prayers
before a legislative session and prayers before a judicial session, as in
Kagan’s example. “They are there as citizens,” Scalia said, speaking of
legislators. “And as citizens, they bring to their job all of — all of the
predispositions that citizens have. And these people perhaps invoke the deity
at meals. They should not be able to invoke it before they undertake a serious
governmental task such as enacting laws or ordinances?” This is some things
that they had to face.
When it happened in class I thought it was different and
that I wasn’t expecting it. But I being a Christian I liked it but not everyone
is so I think it would be respectable even if not right to say a prayer for
other religions too.
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