Re: Scott's Lawsuit

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GWL: Among the many things I've done to earn a living, in a less than 
civilized world, was to create a poster for Miracle Gro before it was sold 
to Scott. In doing so I met Horace Hagedorn. He was one delightful guy who 
viewed the American personality with all the accuracy of a Delphic Oracle, 
and, I think, the Delphics were usually correct in any assumptions they 
made. The only similarity between Scotts' product and Worm Poop is the 
plastics used to make the bottles. It's just another example of why there's 
little originality today and the a recent Supreme Court decision weighed in 
at 8 to 1 in naming present patent law an agent in adding to the end of 
creativity in the market place. The Wild Gardener
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Ball" <jeffball@usol.com>
To: "Bruce Zimmerman" <brucegardens@gmail.com>; "Garden Writers -- GWL --  
The Garden Writers Forum" <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [GWL] Scott's Lawsuit


> Go to www.suedbyscotts.com to see some pix.
> Jeff Ball
> jeffball@usol.com
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>
> On May 1, 2007, at 10:41 PM, Bruce Zimmerman wrote:
>
> Dear List,
> 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.
> Bruce Zimmerman
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandie Parrott" <rsbirdy@comcast.net>
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 9:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Scott's Lawsuit
>
>
>> Put your protest in writing. I just went to www.scotts.com and put my
>> disgust in writing.
>> Of course, another way is an critical article.
>>
>> If they receive enough garden communicators outrage and our vow to
>> stop
>> promoting
>> Scott's products...they might listen. At least, they will have a
>> way to
>> justify the drop in
>> sales when it happens!
>>
>> Sandie Parrott
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <KTCopsey@aol.com>
>> To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 12:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: [GWL] Scott's Lawsuit
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 5/1/2007 11:38:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> frielster@aol.com writes:
>>>
>>> Sounds  like pure market-share protectionism. Standard business
>>> procedure,
>>> unfortunately, along the lines of Anheuser-Busch fighting the Czech
>>> company
>>> who had the name Budweiser first. And yes, Scott's does come off
>>> looking
>>> like  a
>>> bully.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The good news is that McDonalds tried that tack with the
>>> Earl/Duke/whatever
>>> McDonald from Scotland - a real life duke.  He called  something
>>> he owns
>>> McDonald's and they (McD food) created a fuss and lost.
>>>
>>> Kate  Copsey
>>> Freelance Writer
>>> Gardens and  Parenting
>>> www.Katecopsey.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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