According to litigation filed by giant gardening-supplies company Scotts Miracle-Gro, the 
package on the right infringes the “trade dress” of the package on the left. Comments reader/blogger Amy Alkon: “Terracycle’s package looks like Scotts’ like Betty White looks like Shaquille O’Neill.” TerraCycle has set up a website called SuedByScotts.com, and bad publicity for the larger firm has been ubiquitous. A sampling: Inc. magazine, Sustainable is Good, Consumerist, 10,000 Marshmallows.
Scotts sues TerraCycle
According to litigation filed by giant gardening-supplies company Scotts Miracle-Gro, the package on the right infringes the “trade dress” of the package on the left. Comments reader/blogger Amy Alkon: “Terracycle’s package looks like Scotts’ like Betty White looks like Shaquille O’Neill.” TerraCycle has set up a website called SuedByScotts.com, and bad publicity for the larger […]
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