What I Was A Salesman

In her 2010 TED talk, titled “Lessons from fashion’s free culture”, Johanna Blakely describes how the fashion industry’s lack of copyright and patent protection has allowed it to thrive in the economic market. This is mainly because designers have been able to recycle the same building blocks of fashion to create innovate, utilitarian designs into what we regard as art to adorn ourselves. In this talk, she urges other creative industries to adopt this concept.

San Joaquin Delta College presented Arthur Miller 's Death of A Salesman on Sunday the twenty-second of March at 2 o 'clock in the afternoon. This play is about a young man and his father coming to terms with the past and their futures. Willy Loman, an old salesman, is dealing with both financial and health difficulties. He is put under even more pressure when his unsuccessful son, Biff, returns home. Actor, director, and sound designer, Harvey T. Jordan, played the role of Willy in this production. His directing, acting, and sound effects allowed me to grasp the despaired nature of Willy Loman 's character. The theme of this story is respect and the nature of success. Willy wished that when he is dead, his death would be mourned far and wide. Hoping to have the reputation of a famous salesman; in other words he wants to die “The Death of a Salesman”. After Willie heard about a well-liked salesman, one that is known in all the cities he visits and that can make sales just by picking up the phone, Willie thinks that this job is easy, but he soon discovers the stress a truly dedicated salesman must go through.

Kembrew McLeod, independent filmmaker and Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa, advocates for the revision of intellectual property law in regards to digital sampling in his article, Confessions of An Intellectual (Property): Danger Mouse, Mickey Mouse, Sonny Bono, and My Long Winding Path as Copyright Activist (McLeod 2014). The scope of McLeod’s research removes the technological determinant that precedes our culture. The author identifies the controversy surrounding the

“Aleah, that is so ugly,” my friends exclaimed as I eagerly pulled out my brand new pants from their perfectly packaged shipping box. “But they’re Michael Kors!” I argued, as though it increased their appeal. The truth was, the price tag read $78.00, and they were completely see through. Within society, there are numerous people who spend thousands of dollars on designer clothing that is not considered attractive street fashion or good quality. Often, the reason clothing is priced highly is because it includes a logo to advertise the brand and proclaim that it is “the cool thing to wear” while pressuring surrounding people to buy from the same designer as an attempt to become cool as well.

This case study touches on many topics within licensing but the three most dominant aspects within the Warnaco Group vs. Calvin Klein suit are the agreements and understandings discussed with a contract, the rights to a trademark and the rights of both the licensor and the licensee. While briefing this case study one can not help but notice, stated on page 21, the agreements that are displayed in exhibit 1: Excerpts from Calvin Klein Jeanswear Licensing Agreement. Here it is clear that the agreement, signed by BOTH parties, states that Warnaco agrees to maximize the quantity of Articles sold, and will be consistent with CKI’s past practices. One can assume, that due to the prolonged history between the two parties this includes Costco, Sam’s Club and BJs store, which alone were held responsible for 150 million dollars in warehouse sales, just one year prior to the filing of the lawsuit. It is also important to point out that this licensing agreement is not with CKI as the owner, it is in fact a licensing agreement with the CK Trademark Trust being the beneficial owner to ALL rights, titles and interest in or to the Licensed Mark. The licensing agreement then continues to state that “Warnaco controls any such act or thing which may cause any affect to the Trust.” With the understanding of licensing,

In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy is both sympathized with and looked down upon throughout the story. Willy is a very complex character with problems and faults that gain both sympathy and also turn the reader off to him. Willy Loman is both the protagonist and the antagonist, gaining sympathy from the reader only to lose it moments later.

The Death of a Salesman is a well-developed example when it comes to parent-child conflict. The Loman family participate in multiple heated arguments throughout the play, each caused by the actions of the main characters. The father in The Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman, has lived his life in a constant daydream, consequently never learning from his mistakes. Willy believes that in order for someone to truly become successful, they must be well liked by everyone. Along the way he uses this to try and force his son to be something he is not, adding more fuel to the fire in the process.

In my freshman introduction to sociology class my professor told me that if a person that is trying to sell or promote something and say that the professionals are wrong and hiding information from the public then they are trying to sell or promote something that doesn’t work. If they do not make the claim that scientist, doctors, etc. are hiding facts from you, but instead use celebrities to promote their product than they again could be trying to sell or promote something false. In class, examples like celebrity diets were used as well as a man who wrote health books stating that his way is the way to weight loss and that doctors didn’t want you heathy because they would then be out of a job.

To those who are not familiar with the processes within the fashion industry, this world of style is characterized by a peaceful coexistence between all the stakeholders. To those in the know however, this is far from the truth with the fashion industry. The value of the United Kingdom fashion industry is large contributing to about 20 billion pounds into the country’s economy on an annual basis. To have a better understanding, the contribution made by the fashion industry to the country’s Gross Domestic Product is almost twice that being brought in by car manufacturers which is valued at 10.1 billion so fashion is no doubt a major business and clothing designs one of the core assets. In considering this, it is therefore a surprise that businesses that are operating within this industry within this industry are not given the opportunity to do more to protect the designs that they have. This paper puts forward the assertion that based on the case law of J Choo(Jersey) Limited v Towerstone Limited and Others, the system of intellectual property protection available in United Kingdom law is not fit for use in the fashion industry in its present condition.

An individual’s ability to successfully recognize the reality from illusions is significantly influenced by their understanding of themselves. Many choose to use self-perception to prevent themselves from the realization of living through self-deception. However, in Arthur Miller’s modern play, Death of a Salesman, Miller explores the relationship between self-deception and reality through the character development of Biff Loman. Initially, Biff’s perception of himself is tremendously influenced by his father, Willy Loman, who unknowingly, lives a life full of illusions. As a result, these illusions prompt Willy to set unrealistic expectations for Biff. However, as the play progresses, Biff realizes the impracticality of these expectations

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Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman tells the tale of Willy Loman, a man who falls from the top of the capitalism system in a resonant crash. Being controlled by his fears of the future, and stuck in his memories of the past, Willy fully contributes to his self-victimization by putting little blame on his own mistakes. Although Willy is perceived as selfish, it is important to see that he is misguided. His character is one of a common man, he has never been anything special, but he chose to follow the American Dream and continue the “destiny” it gave him. However, in my reading of the play, I feel it was not an unlucky destiny that pushed Willy to damage his own life and the lives of his family,

I believe that this is analogous to how typeface creators or those who have the right to certain typeface want their typeface to be protected under the Chinese judicial system because of the originality and reproducibility nature of the art. In an era of an overflow of information and easy access to technology, it is

One of the biggest driving forces in the fashion industry nowadays is the continuous introduction of new trends and the opportunity for designers to display their creativity. So, when that individuality is stolen or copied from a designer, it can produce uneasy consequences. Known as “design piracy”, this widespread reproduction of designs has actually been around for decades. Not much has been done at a federal level to prevent the moral and economic repercussions that stem from it. However, despite the fact that designers lose both independent recognition and profit for their work, in the long run, fashion piracy actually helps grow the industry by swiftly moving styles through society to make way for the next line of innovative

The term salesman is synonymous, with being less than honest or sleazy often times being considered rip off artists. Salesman get a bad rap more times than not, most people think of salesman as an old used cars salesman who only think about the bottom dollar. Not the big picture of how salesman make the world go around, when it comes to supply and demand. A salesman can mean many different jobs especially in the 21st century. Everyone is a salesman no matter what job a person may have, for example a teacher is a salesman. How is that you ask? A teacher pitches ( a term used in the sales community to describe the product they are selling) a student every time they are trying to teach the student a new way of learning. A teacher is selling students on different ways to study or retain knowledge. This is a form of selling. When a doctor tells a patient to excise and to go on a diet, the doctor is selling the patient on living a healthier life. Ponder that for a minute…. This is an honest salesman journey to help improve the knowledge, understanding and need for local marketing in the 21st century.