A Conflict of Interest

Yesterday April 26, 2006 marked the momentous celebration of two equally important occasions here at Patents+TMS; 1) Administrative Professionals Day; and 2) World Intellectual Property Day. After all, both our administrative professionals and our clients' intellectual property are essential to our business.

To celebrate both and to overcome the conflict in scheduling, we split the celebrations into two days. On Tuesday April 25, 2006 we went to the Twisted Spoke for food and drink. At the Spoke, our tastebuds were treated to the flavors in bbq nachos, jalapeno poppers, bbq kobe beef brisket sandwiches, quesadillas, chicken tacos, boss hog bbq sandwich, a burrito and of course a fat boy burger without onions. On a side note, Attorney Josh Smith was going to go for the 'Double Fatty Burger' but opted for the leaner and meaner boss hog bbq sandwich. He cited his girlfriend coming to town this weekend as the reason he made a more modest, heart-healthy selection.

On Wednesday April 26, 2006 the attorneys headed to beautiful and sunny Wrigley Field for an afternoon of baseball between the Florida Marlins and the Chicago Cubs. At the park we witnessed many interesting people including : 1) the shirtless wonder, a 50 year old man that was escorted, twice, from the seats in front of us for being belligerent and in the wrong seat. We had 100 level seats, thanks to Attorney Mark Grossman, but our friend the shirtless wonder was apparently supposed to be a more sober 200 level attendee; 2) a group of high school aged girls dressed up for a circa 1984 prom...the prom dates from hell. The PDFH as we like to call them, were screaming “TODD, take me to prom” at Todd Walker (of the Cubs) the whole game all the while they were flirting with Bob the roaming Pepsi vendor. They also had large signs that begged Derek Lee (D-LEE) to be their prom date. I guess they didn’t check the DL to see that D-LEE is out for 2-3 months with a broken wrist. He probably wasn’t even at the park; and 3) Andy the flirtatious little 5 -year-old boy who stood on the seat in front of us with his daddy while he flirted and made faces with the PDFH the whole game.

All-in-all we had a wonderful couple of days celebrating Administrative Professionals Day and World Intellectual Property Day. Thanks to our administrative professionals Logan Lavachek and Mike Vuocolo for all their hard work in the past year. Also, thanks to all our clients for bringing us their ideas and marks to seek intellectual property protection in the United States and throughout the world.