"birdseed" a legal slang?

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Hi I would like to know what the word birdseed means in this context: A company is looking for an assistant and his/her responsibilities include:
"Responsible for ensuring 100% accuracy of submissions to Legal including all relevant trademarks/birdseed etc."
Another hint: the word "birdseed" appears before the legal notice (copyrights) section of the same company's document

Usenet · Accepted Answer

[nq:1]Hi I would like to know what the word birdseed means in this context: A company is looking for an ... relevant trademarks/birdseed etc." Another hint: the word "birdseed" appears before the legal notice (copyrights) section of the same company's document[/nq]
I've never seen or heard the word "birdseed" used as a legal term, and I've been a lawyer for almost forty years. Google offers no useful information. Is it possible that the company's business includes birdseed? I'd need more context before I could offer even a guess as to the meaning.
BTW, idiomatic English does not put an article before "slang." Your subject line should read: "Is 'birdseed' legal slang?"

Bob Lieblich
AAL

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[nq:1]"Responsible for ensuring 100% accuracy of submissions to Legal including all relevant trademarks/birdseed etc."[/nq]
Possible malapropism here, confusing:
chickenfeed = trivial but true information, revealed to earn trust; boilerplate = uniform text, integral to every contract or similar legal document.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"birdseed" a legal slang?

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