Hello all, I have been building and selling custom RDWC setups on craigslist for a few months now and recently received an email from Christian Long, the president of Current Culture. His first email stated that my use of the term "under current" in my post was infringing on their patent on the term under current. I removed all mentions of under current from my ad, responded to his email and thanked him for his time. He followed with an email stating that my entire design was going to be infringing on a future patent that was pending approval. I accused him of attempting to bully me out of my work and he responded with "this is not an attempt to bully just the facts of doing business".
Wow, yea what a cunt. Current cultures a very large company thats pretty much dominating the market with rdwc systems that sell for thousands of dollars(way over priced shit anyway), and they threaten a small craigslist prospect like yourself. lol, What a joke. Nice job standing up for yourself like that. Power to the people!
I really dont see how they could patent a rdwc system.The name yes the way all rwdc works no.All rdwc work on negative preasure of some sort do to the pump circulating the nutrients. I could be wrong but I'd have to see it to believe it. Maybe the design they use but not the principle.
The guy is full of Shit. He's just fishing mate. You can't patent the system, people have been making them for decades. I can't see him being able to trademark "under current" either, it's too descriptive. To call something "under current" just explains how it works. I really don't think they have a leg to stand on
they can't patent what you are already doing. Even if they were able to patent it they would have to go to court and prove that they were manufacturing them first. And not only before you, but before anyone. You can't patent something that is already in production by someone else They state their trademark is "under current" but then they say its "sub-current culture". There are Shit loads of companies making RDWC systems, and have been for years. This guy is so full of Shit it's laughable. Well done on the responses though, held your ground quite professionally there
The fact that it came from the company and not their attorney tells you they are full of shit to start with. Any company that has a patent pending and a lot of money involved doesn't waste their time contacting CraigsList sellers. They give it to their high priced attorneys that do the bullying. Tell him to fuck off.