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 Help Protect THE GÜDE LIFE: GÜDE SKIN, GÜDE SCENT &amp; GÜDE GEAR
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 About Me / Why I’m Raising Funds
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 My name is Jon Richardson, founder of THE GÜDE LIFE and the creative force behind its family of brands: GÜDE SKIN, GÜDE SCENT, and GÜDE GEAR.
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 I built GÜDE from the ground up, beginning in 2020, with the goal of creating a distinct lifestyle brand rooted in creativity, self-expression, beauty, and confidence. What started with GÜDE SKIN has grown into a broader brand ecosystem serving customers through skincare, scent, lifestyle, and future product categories.
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 Over the years, I have invested my own time, money, creativity, and resources into building GÜDE. I have documented years of commercial activity, including customer purchases, inventory and supplier records, website sales, marketing campaigns, customer reviews, influencer collaborations, product photography, social-media content, and other records demonstrating the history and development of the brand.
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 I am now raising funds to protect THE GÜDE LIFE and the intellectual property behind the brands I have spent years building.
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 What Happened
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 In 2026, I became aware of another company operating under the name GÜD Life Company whose branding and presentation I believe are substantially similar to the GÜDE brand I have been building since 2020.
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 The similarities extend beyond simply having a similar name. I have documented similarities involving branding, visual presentation, aesthetic direction, messaging, and other creative elements.
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 After publicly bringing attention to the similarities, the situation escalated. The resulting public attention generated millions of views, and shortly afterward, additional business and trademark activity occurred on the other side.
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 I am now working with legal counsel to evaluate and protect my rights.
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 What Your Donation Will Help Fund
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 The money raised will go toward the professional costs associated with protecting THE GÜDE LIFE, including:
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 Trademark protection
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 Federal trademark applications
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 Trademark prosecution
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 USPTO filing and associated legal fees
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 Trademark monitoring
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 Responses and proceedings related to conflicting marks
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 Legal representation
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 Attorney consultation
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 Trademark and intellectual-property counsel
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 Legal research
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 Demand/cease-and-desist correspondence
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 Negotiations
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 Potential opposition or other trademark proceedings
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 Litigation-related expenses if attorneys determine litigation is appropriate
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 Copyright protection
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 Registering eligible original photographs
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 Original artwork and graphics
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 Product photography
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 Packaging artwork
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 Written and visual creative works
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 Original video and digital content
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 Evidence preservation and case preparation
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 Organizing years of commercial records
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 Preserving historical social-media evidence
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 Documenting first use and continuous commercial activity
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 Preserving customer and influencer evidence
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 Website and digital-history documentation
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 Preparing evidence for legal counsel.
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 Why I'm Doing This
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 This isn't simply about a name.
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 THE GÜDE LIFE represents years of work.
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 Behind the name are products developed, customers served, content created, partnerships built, money invested, inventory purchased, websites developed, photographs produced, campaigns executed, and an audience that has watched the brand develop over time.
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 I believe creators and entrepreneurs should be able to build something original without having to watch someone else enter the marketplace with branding that creates confusion or appropriates the identity they worked years to establish.
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 I am raising these funds because protecting a business at this level requires resources, and I want to address this properly through the appropriate legal channels rather than relying solely on social media.
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 What We Are Protecting
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 THE GÜDE LIFE
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 GÜDE SKIN
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 Skincare and beauty
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 GÜDE SCENT
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 Fragrance and scent
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 GÜDE GEAR
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 Lifestyle and merchandise
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 These brands are part of the larger GÜDE ecosystem I have been developing since 2020.
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 Transparency
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 I will be transparent about how the funds are used and will prioritize the money toward legitimate legal, trademark, copyright, evidence-preservation, and brand-protection expenses.
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 This fundraiser is not intended to determine anyone's legal liability in the court of public opinion. The purpose is to give me the resources to have qualified professionals evaluate the evidence and pursue the appropriate remedies.
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 If you have purchased from GÜDE, followed the brand, used our products, collaborated with us, shared our content, or simply believe independent creators deserve the opportunity to protect what they build, your support will directly help us protect the next chapter of THE GÜDE LIFE.
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 Thank you for helping protect what we built.
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