On eBay, I help my customer obtain what she or he needs at a reasonable price and with, I hope, stellar customer service (that's the Vision, anyway).
Offline, I'm a lawyer. I practice in upstate New York and work with patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing and franchising -- collectively called "intellectual property" -- as well as business law and some personal bankruptcy.
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