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Unfinished Seed, IP Business |
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"Commando Dave" <bulzidave@yahoo.com> |
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"Rondeau, Jr., George"
<georgerondeau@dwt.com> |
Dave, first a question. You say "You're the one with the
connection
with Nautilus, Inc. to resolve this matter
expeditiously and quietly,
once and for all. And you're the one with as much
to gain as I have to
lose."
Do you believe I represent StairMaster or
Nautilus, or have
some special connection with them? I do not. I have NO connection with
Nautilus,
and never did have one.
As
you know, StairMaster went bankrupt several years ago
before I left
Seed & Berry. The assets were purchased by Nautilus, a
completely
unrelated company with its own patent and trademark
attorneys. All
StairMaster patent and
trademark properties were take over by and I
believe are still be handled by the Nautilus
attorneys. The lead
attorney used by Nautilus for patent matters is Lee Osman
(303-629-3434)
in the
(
no contact with Mr. Osman
and have never met him in person. From
my
research it appears a person at Nautilus you may wish
to contact is
Holden
J. Bank, the Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Assistant
Secretary, at
know his telephone number.
Please
understand that I have no connection with Nautilus and cannot do
any more for you than any other patent attorney
in seeking a resolution
of your infringement matter. With respect to the resolution you seek,
I am
just another patent attorney and have no connection with Nautilus
that could give you some advantage. I have no way of resolving this
matter "expeditiously and quietly" as
your email indicated might be
possible, at least not way that cannot be used by any
other patent
attorney you hire.
As would any other attorney, I would have to write
a letter to Mr. Osman,
the outside attorney at Dorsey & Whitney, and/or a
letter directly to Mr. Bank at Nautilus. A letter from another
attorney would have the same impact as one written by
me. I am in not special
position and have no connections that will give you
any more help than
you can get from any other patent attorney.
And
again, while I wish you the best of luck, I really feel it is not
In
your best interest or mine to have me involved. You really need
independent counsel without any prior
connection to this matter, Seed &
and has the time to do so.
By
the way, while I have not seen George Fox for some months, last time
George
visited he was doing well. However, the
unfortunately stroke
has
left him impaired. A
terrible tragedy for a man so young.
George
Rondeau