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"Pride of Place Plants" Moron or Lunatic
At my gardening website, I gave a good review to a plant I obtained in a
local nursery. Today I received this bizarre letter from the liscensing authority for this plant who believes I am in "contravention of the law" -- wadda maroon: ------ Notice of Patent Entitlement The U.S. Patent Office has assigned Gaura lindheimeri 'Crimson Butterflies' the Patent Number 13189. The Patented product,or the packaging or labeling for the product,when the product itself cannot be marked,must be marked with the patent number. A marking such as " U.S. Patent No. PP13189 " or " Pat. PP13189 " is deemed as an adequate notice. Currently your firm's name does not show on any of our licensed growers customer lists. If you are propagating your own liners you are in contravention of the laws. Please contact our office if you feel you are in contravention of the law. Sincerely Rick Sorenson Pride of Place Plants Inc. Sidney, British Columbia Fine New Plant Introductions. ---------- To which I replied: You can't tell a garden blog from a nursery? You can't take a good review without getting your pants up your crack? Next time you feel like harranguing your betters, upturn some cowflops & harrangue whatever you find under those. -paghat the ratgirl -- Get your Paghat the Ratgirl T-Shirt he http://www.paghat.com/giftshop.html "In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot." -Thomas Jefferson |
"paghat" wrote in message
... At my gardening website, I gave a good review to a plant I obtained in a local nursery. Today I received this bizarre letter from the liscensing authority for this plant who believes I am in "contravention of the law" -- wadda maroon: ------ Notice of Patent Entitlement The U.S. Patent Office has assigned Gaura lindheimeri 'Crimson Butterflies' the Patent Number 13189. The Patented product,or the packaging or labeling for the product,when the product itself cannot be marked,must be marked with the patent number. A marking such as " U.S. Patent No. PP13189 " or " Pat. PP13189 " is deemed as an adequate notice. Currently your firm's name does not show on any of our licensed growers customer lists. If you are propagating your own liners you are in contravention of the laws. Please contact our office if you feel you are in contravention of the law. Sincerely Rick Sorenson Pride of Place Plants Inc. Sidney, British Columbia Fine New Plant Introductions. ---------- To which I replied: You can't tell a garden blog from a nursery? You can't take a good review without getting your pants up your crack? Next time you feel like harranguing your betters, upturn some cowflops & harrangue whatever you find under those. I get the feeling you were spotted by a robot, not a human being reading your review. :) |
On 2005-07-29, Doug Kanter wrote:
"paghat" wrote in message ... Notice of Patent Entitlement The U.S. Patent Office has assigned Gaura lindheimeri 'Crimson Butterflies' the Patent Number 13189. The Patented product,or the packaging or labeling for the product,when the product itself cannot be marked,must be marked with the patent number. A marking such as " U.S. Patent No. PP13189 " or " Pat. PP13189 " is deemed as an adequate notice. Currently your firm's name does not show on any of our licensed growers customer lists. If you are propagating your own liners you are in contravention of the laws. Please contact our office if you feel you are in contravention of the law. You can't tell a garden blog from a nursery? You can't take a good review without getting your pants up your crack? Next time you feel like harranguing your betters, upturn some cowflops & harrangue whatever you find under those. I get the feeling you were spotted by a robot, not a human being reading your review. :) No, the thing that's probably got his/her knickers in a twist is the paragraph on propagation methods for this particular variety. It's possibly illegal to root cuttings from a patented plant, even if you're doing it for yourself. Note: I'm not a lawyer and only remember this as an example of a stupid law. It doesn't say Paghat has propagated anything on her website, just gives a generic method for cuttings and warns that seeds from this variety will not breed true. -- This signature left blank. |
I LOVE IT!!! It just goes to show you that people tend to jump sometimes
without looking first. sheesh. You've got a great website and I'm surprised that someone is attempting to harrange you. .Way to go. You put 'em in their place and I'm sure they're slightly singed from the subtle slice of your wit and retort. Eventually I'll write to the newsgroup and give a flower update. Have you had problems in the past with Lemon Queen helianthus returning but not as lush and as thick as the year before? Mine tend to reseed themselves and the parent plant doesn't seem to be where all the flowers and stalks are coming from but rather reseeded daughter plants that fall when the finches strip the seed heads and drop some on the ground. This year, my Lemon Queen returned, but not near as lush as it was last year. Or is it that the fig tree is crowding the original plant and I need to lift her toes out of the corner of the fig box and put her somewhere else? Thanks in advance. I don't begin to assume I know all the horticultural answers and value your responses and insights. madgardener up on the steamy and humid ridge, back in soaked and saturated Fairy Holler, overlooking English Mountain which is shrouded in a haze of humidity and heat, in Eastern Tennessee zone 7, Sunset zone 36 "paghat" wrote in message ... At my gardening website, I gave a good review to a plant I obtained in a local nursery. Today I received this bizarre letter from the liscensing authority for this plant who believes I am in "contravention of the law" -- wadda maroon: ------ Notice of Patent Entitlement The U.S. Patent Office has assigned Gaura lindheimeri 'Crimson Butterflies' the Patent Number 13189. The Patented product,or the packaging or labeling for the product,when the product itself cannot be marked,must be marked with the patent number. A marking such as " U.S. Patent No. PP13189 " or " Pat. PP13189 " is deemed as an adequate notice. Currently your firm's name does not show on any of our licensed growers customer lists. If you are propagating your own liners you are in contravention of the laws. Please contact our office if you feel you are in contravention of the law. Sincerely Rick Sorenson Pride of Place Plants Inc. Sidney, British Columbia Fine New Plant Introductions. ---------- To which I replied: You can't tell a garden blog from a nursery? You can't take a good review without getting your pants up your crack? Next time you feel like harranguing your betters, upturn some cowflops & harrangue whatever you find under those. -paghat the ratgirl -- Get your Paghat the Ratgirl T-Shirt he http://www.paghat.com/giftshop.html "In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot." -Thomas Jefferson |
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