tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516171423954184083.post4634830198280795785..comments2024-01-29T14:41:37.418-05:00Comments on Life in Teacup: Bamboo Leaf Green, trademarks and lawsuits of teasGingkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00717840609096741544noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516171423954184083.post-26518095813388535232011-11-29T17:36:16.734-05:002011-11-29T17:36:16.734-05:00Hi Alex, in this case, I think most tea drinkers a...Hi Alex, in this case, I think most tea drinkers are passively boycotting the product mainly because it's super expensive, as it's claimed to be the "only legal Zhu Ye Qing". In China's specific environment, it's also easy for people to get Zhu Ye Qing from other sources because for good or for bad, trademark and patent laws in China aren't all enforced in reality :-p<br /><br />On the other hand, some people would even buy only from this company because the product sounds high-end and "authentic".Gingkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00717840609096741544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516171423954184083.post-18222994131126547262011-11-29T09:13:01.691-05:002011-11-29T09:13:01.691-05:00I think the practice of rushing to register tradem...I think the practice of rushing to register trademarks for personal or business gain, when the terms were in widespread use, is highly unethical. Collectively, when more businesses do this, they waste effort fighting with each other in needless legal battles instead of actually working to create a quality product. And perhaps more troubling, the small people are usually the ones who get trampled. The resulting atmosphere stifles innovation.<br /><br />I would be interested in getting lists and names of companies that engage in such behaviors and putting public pressure on them to relinquish their trademarks through organized boycotts.<br /><br />If what you say is truly accurate, I would prefer to actually go farther with companies like Zhu Ye Qing Company. I would like to demand that they issue formal apologies and pay reparations to each of the companies they wrongfully sued. And I would like to convince every company in wealthy western countries to boycott this company until they do so.<br /><br />If even a small portion of people got on board with these things, it would put immense pressure on these companies and would put an end to this unethical and economically destructive practice.<br /><br />But I would want to research this more before taking action because I would not want to advocate something as harsh as this approach unless I were virtually certain that the company had indeed acted grossly unethically and in bad faith.Alex Zorachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335878680429494039noreply@blogger.com