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Welcome!
It's
certainly been a busy few months! Since our last Note,
we have formed many new corporations and LLCs, filed a
plethora of trademarks, and drafted a number of new template contracts for
clients, both old and new. We've been pleased that the handouts for our SWATlaw®
series of workshops have answered many questions on intellectual property,
branding, negotiation tactics and contract law basics
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helping the public become more astute legal service consumers. Our Contracts
101 handout has elicited many comments
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mainly from readers who
suddenly realize that it's high time that they do business on "their own
paper"! We have also received some great emails about how our IP
101 and Trademarks 101 handouts
have de-mystified the "legalese" surrounding intellectual property law
(copyright, trademark, patents, trade secrets, rights of publicity, etc.).
And
while on
the IP/trademark front, we'd like to note that we have had the incredible good fortune of adding
Jamie Shelden as Of Counsel to Good Solutions. Jamie is a trademark, IP and
licensing specialist. As you can see
from Jamie's bio, she is not only an IP expert
but also, like our other Of Counsel, Rob
Schmidt, she has a great "backstory"! Maybe good solutions' mission is to show the world that lawyers can be interesting
people, too. J
In
that vein, as you can see from the photograph at right and in keeping with our
previous Notes, I haven't been at my desk 24/7. Recent hikes in preparation
for The Hike have included Yosemite, and this wildflower-rich trek along the
Pacific Crest Trail. And if any of you were wondering —
yes, the Nextel Blackberry® gets reception in the darnedest of places...
What
is The Hike? We will be hiking the length of the French Alps from Mt. Blanc (the highest
mountain in Europe) to Menton, France (on the French Riviera) from the 18th
of August through the 15th of September. We look forward to helping you upon our return. Of
course, if you need good solutions in the interim, our Team will remain
available to you; here is how
to contact them.
I
hope that your business is experiencing a fantastic second half of 2004!
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Sandy helped me overcome my
fear and loathing of attorneys... Her counsel saved me at least one day of my time...
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—Eve Abbott, Organizer Extraordinaire
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