Ogden Glazer + Schaefer – your legal team deeply rooted in Wisconsin, but licensed to practice seamlessly in Illinois and Minnesota too. We’re a compact yet powerhouse team, specializing in representing businesses with a sharp focus on startups, intellectual property, and food and beverage regulation.
We’re not about flashy introductions; we’re about delivering dedicated service and making complex legal concepts easy to grasp and understand.
Whether you’re embarking on the exciting journey of launching a new startup or seeking seasoned advice for your ongoing ventures, Ogden Glazer + Schaefer is here to guide you with a laidback yet professional touch.
Practice Areas
Business & Corporate
Recent Blog Posts
Border to Border - Remember back with Carter’s Big Mac post, I said we’d explore more things? Here is one of those posts! The enforcement of laws depends on who made the law. If a city counsel created the ordinance, then it applies to that city – and no others. Same with counties, states, and countries. Sometimes an organization ... Read more
Labor Day 2024 - It sure was a beautiful end to summer with a gorgeous long weekend of weather. We hope you were all able to enjoy the time with family and friends like Lola did. See you next week with a fresh blog post!
Finish Summer Strong While Prepping for Year-End Success - As the golden days of summer start to wane, the mornings greet us with a hint of chill, and the evenings slip into darkness a bit too soon. It’s already noticeable how dark it is by 7:30 p.m. or how it still lingers at 5 a.m. The purpose of this post isn’t to depress you ... Read more
The Preview to the Preview - This blog has made it a whole 2 months since the last post about Minnesota’s Adult-Use Cannabis Law, and now it is time to get back into it! On July 31st, Office of Cannabis Management [OCM] put out its first draft of the proposed rules related to adult-use cannabis. In its announcement, OCM made clear ... Read more
OG+S’s Lego Parallel - This is Erin setting the scene for this week’s post. It’s written by Carter, our high school administrative assistant. It was spurred by our firm’s recent discussions about 1) our culture and how it impacts our actions, and 2) what a target client is. I was happy to see that our people are listening, thinking, ... Read more
Keep On Keeping On - As a small business owner, there are lot of plates that you are constantly spinning. How are your customers? Employees? What’s going on with your vendors? Your distributors? And on and on. One thing that often slips through is the actual status of the company. We had an intern this summer, and one of her ... Read more
Streamline Your Beneficial Ownership Reporting - As the 2024 deadline approaches, ensuring your business complies with FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Reporting requirements is crucial. 
Bottles Up (Revisited) - As promised in an earlier blog post about Bulleit, bottle shapes, and blurring (“dilution” was the word I mostly used last time, but I was really eager for that alliteration), I am back with an updated blog post. As a recap to the earlier post, the case involves Diageo, the company that owns Bulleit Frontier ... Read more
Used Trademark For Sale - Remember when I said that we’d have some follow-up to Carter’s Big Mac post? Well, here is one of those posts! Today, we’ll talk about what it means to “use” a trademark. Trademarks are creatures of the relationship between the source of a product and its customers. They don’t exist without the product or the ... Read more
The Curious Case of “Healthy Soap®” (Revised) - A previous version of this blog post failed to take into account some nuance and important facts, namely that Healthy Soap (R) was actually registered on the USPTO’s Supplemental Register. Thanks to our readers for bringing this to my attention and for allowing us to expand on some important trademark basics. As the father of ... Read more
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Madison Office
- Office Address: 6131 Nesbitt Rd Suite 200, Fitchburg, WI 53719
- Mailing Address: PO Box 45116, Madison, WI 53744
Northshore-Milwaukee Office
- Office Address: W62N248 Washington Ave B204, Cedarburg, WI 53012
- Mailing Address: PO Box 528, Cedarburg, WI 53012
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- Office Address: 1400 Van Buren St NE 200 243, Minneapolis, MN 55413
- Mailing Address: PO Box 18567, Minneapolis, MN 55418
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