

A blog featuring student and teacher work from Glenbrook North High School Business Classes
So what Nokia is saying is that Apple has stolen their ideas and patents and used them in their IPhone since release. Nokia though isn't asking for injunction which would halt the shipment and sale of the iPhone. Instead Nokia asks for an appropriate compensation for the past and future uses of their technology.
In the past couple years Apple has increased their share of smart phones sold from 3% to 13% while Nokia has dropped from 47% to 45%.
To me It seems odd that Nokia has taken this long to sue apple for patent infringement when the iPhone has been out for some time now. It feels like now that they realize that Apple is a threat they are trying to compete with them any way they can. But, it doesn't matter at all why it has taken Nokia so long to file a law suit the fact is if Apple has used technology patented by Nokia then Apple could be in truoble. What do you think?
ACORN has admitted to that embezzlement did in fact occur, but says it was only $948,607. The dispute is exactly that, how much money was embezzled? The prosecuters filed a subpoena in which the $5 million figure was noted and it was seeking information regarding bookkeeping, accounting, and other financial management services to ACORN.
ACORN believes that Caldwell has based his figure on something ACORN Chief Executive Officer Bertha Lewis made.
ACORN says her remark was that the case could possibly cost them $5 million, meaning paying for lawyers, investigators and what not. Another concern of the people is that when Barack Obama was asked about this situation he just brushed it away and gave the impression it was an unimportant situation.
ACORN's new reputation along with the fact they have helped with the voting registration of countless underprivileged people, and the fact that Obama doesn't seem to care shouts out scandal to some people. However, with all thats going on in the world one couldn't expect the president to try to deal with a situation regarding $5 million dollars which seems to be the maximum. On the other hand, this situation as well as the previous violation from ACORN causes one to think that their money isn't being spent for a good cause.
Everyone knows that it's wrong to copy someone else's work and take credit for it. This blog clearly states that the whirlpool Corp’s copied LG electronics Inc.'s work. Therefore, I believe LG electronics Inc. has full rights to sue Whirlpool Corps. Due to Whirlpool Corp’s actions the company's credibility has significantly dropped and other companies do not want to negotiate with this company. As a result, they will eventually go bankrupt and won’t be able to manufacture any products.
I’m sure almost everyone who is reading this has a picture of themselves in the bathtub when they were very young. The Demarees did the same thing, taking cute pictures of their kids with their arms around each other in the bathtub. Soon after, the family took their pictures to Wal-Mart to be developed and printed, just like we all have done many times. Without telling the family, a Wal-mart photo devoloper contacted the police to investigate if the photos in the bathtub contained child pornography. That set in motion a chain of events that is hard to believe. According to ABC News, the children were taken away from their parents for more than a month, Lisa Demaree was suspended from her job as a teacher for a year, and the Demarees have had to incur more than $75,000 in legal fees to defend themselves. The Demarees were found to have done nothing wrong; they were cleared of all charges and the pictures were found not to contain any pornography at all.
While I am as concerned as anyone else about the dangers of child pornography, Wal-Mart did not handle this the right way, ruining the lives of innocent people who did nothing wrong.
Wal-Mart should not have contacted the police in the first place. The pictures were obviously typical of those that parents take of their children everyday. There was nothing in the pictures that was even remotely pornographic. Wal-Mart also did not have a policy that warned their customers about the sorts of pictures they would find unacceptable; nor did they warn the parents they might be contacting the police.
People have a right to privacy. When people bring their pictures in to be developed, they have a right to expect that those pictures will be kept confidential and will not be screened by store employees who have no business looking at them. By needlessly reporting this to the authorities, Wal-Mart created a nightmare for this family.
The Demarees say that they have lost a year of their children’s lives, losing memories they will never be able to recover. They are scared about any photos they might take in the future. The people at Wal-Mart who decided that the photos were inappropriate were unqualified and should be fired. They had no criteria for making the decision. At a minimum, Wal-Mart should have had a clear policy that was communicated to their customers warning them about the sorts of pictures that they regard as offensive. If Wal-Mart thought that taking family pictures of children in the bathtub was out of bounds, they should have said that to their customers.
The Demaree family is now taking the offensive. They have filed two different lawsuits. The first case is against Arizona, Peoria. The lawsuit alleges that Arizona, Peoria and the state Attorney General's Office claims employees from each entity defamed the Demarees by telling friends, family members and co-workers that they had "sexually abused" their children by taking pornographic pictures of them. By defamation they are saying that untrue statements were made about them, and that they have ruined their reputation.
The second lawsuit was filed against Wal-Mart. The family is saying that says the company is at fault for not telling Anthony Demaree that it had an "unsuitable print policy" and could decide to turn any photos over to law enforcement.
It is too soon to tell whether Wal-Mart or Arizona officials are going to be liable for what they have done. However, I believe that what happened to the Demaree family was wrong and should not be allowed to happen again. The best way to avoid this in the future is by requiring photo developers like Wal-Mart to publish clear policies about what sorts of pictures they consider to be inappropriate, and the circumstances when they make contact to the authorities.