Seven Seeds Family Trust

A private family stewardship and support trust established for responsible administration, protection, and long-term continuity.

The Trust Estate is administered as a distinct trust estate under its governing instrument, with fiduciary administration separated from the Settlor’s individual capacity. Its purpose is to preserve and responsibly administer trust property for the persons entitled to the benefits of the Trust, rather than treating trust property as the personal estate of strangers or unrelated claimants.

The Trust provides a framework for orderly ownership, stewardship, fiduciary administration, and continuity across generations.

What this website is

This is the public information website for James D. Bogan — concerning the identity, rights, and stewardship interests associated with his name, likeness, image, and other identity elements.

It describes how rights in those identity elements are administered, how permission may be requested, which uses have been authorized, and how suspected unauthorized use may be reported.

What this website is not

• It is not a commercial marketplace or storefront.
• It does not offer legal advice.
• It does not create an attorney-client relationship with any visitor.
• It does not grant permission or a license by itself — a license requires a final written instrument issued by an authorized party.

Biography

James D. Bogan is a private individual whose name, likeness, image, and other identity elements carry commercial and dignitary value. This website exists to administer those rights responsibly — distinguishing what is public from what is private, what is permitted from what is not, and what has been verified from what is merely asserted.

He is the founder of record for the Seven Seeds Family Trust, a private family wealth and stewardship institution organized around three pillars: preserve, develop, and transmit.

Stewardship

Stewardship here means disciplined administration: keeping accurate records, honoring the boundary between public information and private affairs, and seeing that each generation receives both resources and a structure for responsible care.

A stewardship institution

Seven Seeds Family Trust is a private family wealth and stewardship institution. Its public face is defined by three pillars — preserve, develop, transmit — and by a commitment to lawful, disciplined administration across generations.

What is public — and what is not

Technical trust doctrines, private trust terms, and beneficiary information are not published here. They belong to the private trustee and governance records. This page states the Trust’s public posture: purpose, governance, stewardship, and intergenerational continuity.

Trust Structure

This page describes the Trust’s institutional structure in general terms. Private trust terms, beneficiary information, and confidential family provisions are not published here.

1. Separate Trust Estate

The Trust Estate is administered as a distinct trust estate under the Trust’s governing instrument. The Trust Estate is not the Settlor’s individual estate: trust property is not treated as the Settlor’s individually owned property merely because the Settlor established or administers the Trust.

2. Settlor’s Relinquishment of Powers

Under the governing instrument, the Settlor has relinquished the powers to alter, amend, revoke, or terminate the Trust or its terms, in whole or in part — together with possession, enjoyment, and the right to income from the Trust Estate, and the power to designate the persons who shall possess or enjoy Trust assets or income.

3. Fiduciary Administration

The Trustee administers the Trust Estate in a fiduciary capacity, distinct from the Trustee’s individual capacity. The Trustee’s possession or administration of trust property is fiduciary administration; it does not constitute the Trustee’s personal ownership or personal enjoyment. Three capacities are distinguished here: the Settlor in an individual capacity, the Trustee in a fiduciary capacity, and each beneficiary in a beneficial capacity.

4. Beneficial Interests

The Trust is intended to administer trust property for the persons entitled to benefits under the governing instrument, as determined by that instrument. Beneficiary identities and private distribution provisions are not published on this website.

5. Protection and Preservation

“Protection,” as used on this website, means responsible fiduciary administration: preserving trust property, maintaining orderly ownership, and providing continuity across generations. It describes the Trust’s structure and purpose — not a guaranteed outcome in any dispute, and not freedom from creditors’ claims, governmental process, judgments, liens, or other legally enforceable claims.

6. Third-Party Claims

A personal claim against the Settlor does not, merely by virtue of the claimant’s relationship with or claim against the Settlor, establish ownership of property held by the Trust. Any claim against Trust property must be evaluated according to the governing instrument and applicable law, including the nature of the claimant’s legal interest and any independent authority asserted to reach the property. This distinguishes a claim against an individual from a claim against the Trust Estate — without stating that the Trust defeats every such claim.

7. Accounting and Records

Fiduciary administration includes orderly accounting and record-keeping for the Trust Estate. Public registers on this website publish only entries designated for public disclosure; private trust records remain authoritative.

8. Continuity and Stewardship

The Trust is structured for continuity across generations: preserving, developing, and transmitting what has been entrusted to it, under the discipline of the governing instrument.

Trust Forms

The following trust administration forms are available for download:

• Beneficiary Application for Support Distribution (Word document)
• Trustee Resolution Template (Word document)
• Trustee-Initiated Distribution Resolution Template (Word document)

The right described

The right of publicity concerns the use of a person’s name, likeness, image, or other recognizable identity elements — particularly in commercial contexts such as advertising, merchandise, promotion, or fundraising. This page provides general public information; it is not legal advice.

Administration

Rights associated with James D. Bogan’s identity are administered through a documented process: assertion, documentary source, review, determination, and transaction. A claim about identity rights is an assertion until it is supported by a documentary source, reviewed, and determined.

Requesting permission

Permission to use the name, likeness, image, or other identity elements of James D. Bogan is requested through a written inquiry. The Request a License page provides a worksheet for preparing a complete inquiry.

What a license requires

• A complete written inquiry describing the proposed use.
• Review of the inquiry against the documentary record.
• A final written instrument issued by an authorized party — no use is authorized unless and until that instrument exists.

What an inquiry is not

• An inquiry is not a license.
• An inquiry does not obligate any party to negotiate.
• Submission of an inquiry does not authorize any use.

Licensing inquiry worksheet

Fill in the fields, then choose Download request to save a text file, or Copy request text to paste it into your email app. Email the completed worksheet to licensing@jamesdbogan.com.

What a future entry contains

When an authorized use is designated for public disclosure, its entry identifies:

1. reference number;
2. licensee;
3. identity elements authorized;
4. scope of use;
5. term;
6. status; and
7. issue date.

Status lifecycle

An entry’s status is one of: Active, Expired, Revoked, or Superseded. A superseded, expired, or revoked entry should be read together with its status and any later entry.

Verification

1. Confirm the reference number matches a final written instrument.
2. Confirm the entry’s status is Active.
3. Confirm the described use falls within the entry’s stated scope.

1. Public Administrative Layer

This website constitutes a public administrative layer for rights associated with the identity of James D. Bogan. It publishes information, receives inquiries and reports, and maintains public registers. It does not replace private records, which remain the authoritative source for any matter requiring verification.

2. Scope and Limits

This website provides general public information. It does not offer legal advice, does not create an attorney-client relationship, and does not by itself grant permission, authorization, or license for any use of any identity element.

3. Claims and Determinations

Statements on this website describe the administration of rights; they are not absolute claims of ownership. Whether a particular use is authorized, and whether a particular claim is valid, is determined through review of the documentary record — assertion, source, review, determination, transaction — not by any single statement on this website.

4. Communications

Licensing inquiries: licensing@jamesdbogan.com. Reports of suspected unauthorized use: records@jamesdbogan.com. Formal legal correspondence and rights-administration matters: legal@jamesdbogan.com.

Use only contact information published on this website or in a final written instrument. Do not rely on an address, account, or payment instruction supplied by an unverified third party.

5. Impersonation and Fraud

Correspondence, solicitations, or payment instructions purporting to come from James D. Bogan, Seven Seeds Family Trust, or this website’s administration should be verified against the contact information published here. When in doubt, write to legal@jamesdbogan.com before acting.

6. Public Registers

The Authorized Uses and Public Records registers publish only entries designated for public disclosure. Absence from a register is not, by itself, proof that a use is unauthorized or that a record does not exist; private records remain authoritative.

7. Use of Website Materials

Text, images, and other materials on this website may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without written permission. Limited personal, non-commercial use — such as reading, referencing, or linking — is permitted.

8. Privacy and Submissions

Inquiries and reports sent to this website’s addresses are voluntary submissions. Do not send sensitive personal data. Submitted materials become part of the administrative record and may be retained.

9. Changes and Corrections

This website’s content may change as records develop. A designation of TEST or NON-PRODUCTION on any material identifies it as non-authoritative.

10. Correction Requests

The website may be corrected, updated, supplemented, or withdrawn when information changes or when a supporting record is determined to require correction.

A person identifying a specific factual error may submit a written notice through the published legal contact channel.

A correction request should identify:

1. the specific statement at issue;
2. the claimed factual error;
3. the supporting source or record; and
4. the requested correction.

Submission of a correction request does not constitute an admission that the challenged statement is inaccurate.

11. Legal Communications

For matters concerning:

• identity or publicity rights;
• licensing or permission;
• unauthorized commercial use;
• website materials;
• intellectual-property concerns;
• formal notices;
• rights administration; or
• requests requiring legal review,

correspondence may be directed to legal@jamesdbogan.com.

This address is intended as a rights-administration and legal-notice contact channel.

Sending correspondence to this address does not, by itself, establish representation, an attorney-client relationship, fiduciary status, consent, or acceptance of any legal position.

12. Reservation of Rights

To the extent permitted by applicable law, rights, remedies, claims, defenses, privileges, and interests are expressly reserved unless specifically released, waived, assigned, licensed, or otherwise disposed of through an authorized written instrument.

Nothing on this website should be interpreted as a voluntary waiver or relinquishment of a right merely because the right is not expressly described on the website.

13. Applicable Law

The rights and obligations associated with particular matters are determined by the applicable law governing those matters.

References to Indiana law on this website are informational and should not be interpreted as establishing that Indiana law governs every matter involving this website, its visitors, its content.

14. Assignment and Nature of Rights

The rights described on this site concern the name, voice, signature, photograph, image, likeness, distinctive appearance, gestures, and mannerisms of James D. Bogan. Under Indiana Code § 32-36-1, these rights are a transferable, descendible property interest lasting 100 years after death, and under § 1-1-4-5(a)(11) and (21), “property” includes personal and real property, including hereditaments. These rights were assigned on February 13, 2025 to the Seven Seeds Family (Irrevocable Living) Trust, of which James D. Bogan is trustee, and are administered for the benefit of the trust’s beneficiaries in accordance with Indiana Code § 32-36-1 and applicable common law. It is the position of the trustee that these rights are intangible, inheritable rights of a general and permanent character, classified as incorporeal hereditaments. Requests for permission to use these rights may be directed to licensing@jamesdbogan.com.

Public Information Notice

Public information concerning James D. Bogan and Seven Seeds Family Trust.

Legal and rights-administration contact: legal@jamesdbogan.com

Before you report

• Send your report to records@jamesdbogan.com.
• Reports are received privately and are never published on this website.
• Describe what you observed — facts, not legal conclusions. Whether a use is unauthorized is determined through review of the record, not by the report itself.
• Do not send sensitive personal data.
• Submitting a report does not create an attorney-client relationship and does not guarantee action or a response within any particular time.

What to include

A complete report helps the record. Include what you can:

1. What was used — the identity element: name, photograph, likeness, image, or other element.
2. Where it appeared — the URL, platform, publication, address, or location.
3. When you observed it — the date you saw it.
4. Who used it — the person, business, or account name, if known.
5. How it was used — advertising, merchandise, promotion, fundraising, commercial services, or other use.
6. Supporting evidence — screenshots, links, photographs, or documents.
7. Your contact information — so the report can be followed up if needed.

Send your report

Fill in the fields below and choose Send your report. Your email app will open with the report addressed to records@jamesdbogan.com — review it and press send there. Files cannot be attached through this form; attach screenshots or documents in your email app before sending.

What happens after

Reports are received at records@jamesdbogan.com and reviewed as part of the documentary record. A report is an assertion for review — not a determination, not a public accusation, and not a promise of enforcement action.

What a future entry may show

If a record is designated for public disclosure, an entry may identify its reference number, category, issue date, public status, and a limited description. Confidential terms and non-public supporting records may remain withheld.

What publication does not mean

Publication of a record is not a blanket representation about matters outside that record’s stated scope. A superseded, expired, revoked, disputed, or corrected item should be read together with its published status and any later entry.

Licensing inquiries: licensing@jamesdbogan.com

Prepare a complete record before writing. Do not send sensitive data.