Re: Scott's Lawsuit

**"* f* <l*@sympatico.ca>**

The TerraCycle folks have actually set up a website at --> 
http://www.suedbyscotts.com.

Cheers,
Lorraine

>From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <topica.com@spamfodder.com>
>Reply-To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum 
><gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
>To: Bruce Zimmerman <brucegardens@gmail.com>,Garden Writers -- GWL -- The 
>Garden Writers Forum <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [GWL] Scott's Lawsuit
>Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 22:11:32 -0500
>
> > I would appreciate a web location where I can look at pictures of the 
>actual
> > products in dispute and make up my mind. Is this truly a product
> > infringement or not? My experience having seen a number of cease and 
>desist
> > letters from a number of companies including those from Google is that
> > eventually the result will be that small company will lose to the 
>company
> > with the deepest pockets.
>
>Hi Bruce,
>
>There was a (hard-to-find) link under the blog entry:
>
>    http://www.terracycle.net/products.htm
>
>I found the TerraCycle pages to be pretty inflammatory and <gasp> biased,
>so I find myself reluctant to support them.  After viewing the products
>I do believe that the Scotts charges are litigious and without merit,
>but this Web site makes it hard to take TerraCycle seriously.
>
>However, I did find the quote from Jim Hagedorn, the Scotts CEO, to be
>amusing:
>
>    "I would say, "Hagedorn is pretty focused. If he locks onto a target,
>    he does not let it go easily." I have learned, and I've tried to teach
>    it to my kids, that most people just don't want to fight. If people
>    don't want to fight, and you want something bad enough, they'll let
>    you have it. Without even fighting you."
>
>Chris
>
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