Natural Foods &
Conscious Culture

As consumer demand for organic, safe foods has gone main stream, the Natural Foods and Nutritional Business is exploding as innovative foods and nutritional products designed to support natural healing, healthy life styles and improved health are flooding the market.

Conscious culture is a market sector encompassing lifestyle and life improvement products and services, changing the landscape of what and how we eat, live and interact.  Leaders and innovators in yoga technology, organic foods, self-improvement and healthy living are some of our most valued clients.  The firm guides and support clients as trusted advisors to leaders in their fields.

Hodgson Legal supports innovation leaders in growing a solid company and protecting a strong brand.

NATURAL FOODS SERVICES

  • Draft and negotiate distribution agreements
  • Advise and consult as to domestic and international licensing agreements
  • Provide general business counsel in day to day business matters
  • Draft and prepare employment and Independent contractor agreements
  • Advise and negotiate purchase and sale of stock and business assets
  • Draft and prepare stock option and angel investor agreements
  • Resolution of disputes (suppliers, vendors, contractors, sales representatives, employees, and retailers)
  • Develop and implement brand protection strategy
  • Prepare and secure supplier agreements while protecting for company assets through
  •  Non-solicitation, trade secret, and non-compete agreements
  • Drafting and review of employment or independent sales representation agreements
  • Register, monitor and enforce trademarks in the global market

 CONSCIOUS CULTURE SERVICES

  • Provide general business counsel pertaining to joint ventures, licensing agreements, distribution and Intellectual Property protection
  • Represent and advise companies in the sale and purchase of assets and businesses.
  • Advise and negotiate with respect to investor agreements, as well as funding in stock and equity transactions
  • Develop global certification licensing programs for brands licensed to certified graduates of training programs self-improvement and life style brands
  • Register, monitor and enforce trademarks in the global market
  • Prepare and secure supplier agreements while protecting company assets through non-solicitation, trade secret, and non-compete agreements
  • Drafting and review of employment or independent sales representation agreements
  • Implement online brand protection and counterfeit goods enforcement program
  • Draft and negotiate domestic and international Distribution Agreements
  • Advise and consult as to domestic and International Licensing Agreements
  • Drafting and review of employment or independent sales representation agreements
  • Resolution of disputes (suppliers, vendors, contractors, sales representatives, employees, and retailers
  • Insurance concerns – Product liability insurance
  • Manage domain name acquisition, protection, recovery and dispute resolution.
  • Represent clients in cybersquatting protection issues and claims