Business . . . as usual . . .

What's been going on in the life of Rhett lately? Well, aside from being a great (and busy) father, he's really been growing his business.

Last October-ish, he finished putting together his website: www.barneyip.com. My sister Katelyn worked with him and put together his awesome logo. Thanks Kate! And yours truly helped him edit his website and fine tune it (which we're still working on). I am proud of the work he's done on it. It is a great website.

In the first of February, he was able to finally move into his own office (the construction and renovations were finished), and he has really enjoyed his cozy second home about four minutes from our apartment. Just today, he got his logo decal put on his door. I think it looks awesome!

And finally, you might be wondering, well, after all this, how is business going??? My answer is this: It's going REAL. Yeah, it doesn't make sense, but that's the best way for me to explain it. It's real. He gets phone calls: some are potential clients, some are not. And then some of those potential clients are serious clients that need product protection, and some are not. It's slow, but it's also busy and exciting.

Rhett has also been doing a lot of community volunteer work. He's been . . .

*delivering weekly Meals on Wheels for the past six months, 

*he is on the Board of Directors for the Liberty Lake Library Foundation,

*he is a member of the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Section Trademark Litigation Committee, 

*he's also a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, 

*and a member of the Washington State Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property, 

*and also a member of the International Trademark Association,

*he's been asked to write an article for the NWLawyer (a magazine for WA lawyers), 

*and just recently, he's been able to participate in writing an amicus curiae brief for the Supreme Court (which is a document presented to the Supreme Court regarding opinions about a certain case in hopes of swaying the Supreme Court one way or another).

Rhett works hard, and he does such a good job of taking care of all of us. We love him and are grateful for his good work ethics, his dedication to his family, and his positive attitude. We are lucky to have him.