CandleCouture

That's actually not true. The patent holder is Dayna Decker, and, they license it out to Old Virginia, however, Dayna Decker makes VERY high end candles, with wood wicks and they are actually the innovators of the design.

This is interesting. In my testing, the J-50 far outthrows the 4627 and 223, in general.

This is a Libby jar. You can contact them for the catalog.

Oh, ok, I didn't know that, and that's why I said that the copyright would have to be checked. There you go. If that's the case, and with all due respect to those who disagree, he has every right to defend his copyright and have his attorney draft a C and D letter.

Yes but the question here is whether or not it IS misappropriation. Only a copyright lawyer, who has access to this particular copyright, and it's "fine print" would be able to say. A copyright is not "all-inclusive." In other words, because Yankee candle has a copyright on "Cotton Candy" for example (don't know whether or not they do), doesn't mean that I can't go out an name a new car model "Cotton Candy." Hence, because he has a copyright on the name, as it applies to music, or drinks, or whatever else he has, doesn't necesarily mean that we can't use that name in candles. Again, only an attorney with access to that particular copyright would be able to tell you for sure, and even then, it would be open to conjecture.

If you wanted to keep the name, you might do a bit of research. Often times, the copyright on a name only applies to a specific industry. In this case, for example, you could not name another SONG "Margaritaville" however, you might still be able to name your bath and body products that. You might look into what that particular copyright says.

I've tried quite a few Ocean Scents, and, I've never tried one better, or with a better throw, than A Garden Eastward's "Salty Mariner." It is everything that Peak's "Ocean" aspires to be.

I thought your point was going to be (and probably should ahve been) that, because of what happened to you, when a supplier that cares enough about their customer chimes in, it is a welcome surprise, and one that we should not take for granted. Instead, you encourage someone that drives these very suppliers away from these boards with their attitude? Go figure.

Well said.

Resort to the insults? Did you not just call me pathetic? Was your previous post not inflamatory as well? As stated earlier, though, despite the fact that you doubt me, I will find a way to fall asleep tonight. As for posting stupid questions...well, what can I say? I'm trying to learn as much as I can, as I will be launching a high end candle line near the end of this year. It's my next business venture. This stupid, $6mil per year businessman finds the time...somehow....to post stupid questions, the answers to which will likely help in making me successful. But, again, I think I'll manage to find a way to fall asleep tonight.

I agree with everything you said....Let me know how the Indo Teak turns out. I love this scent, but I couldn't get it to work for me in terms of it's burn quality.

Not sure why that's hard to believe. There are about a half dozen websites in my industry that did MORE than we did last year in sales, two of which are publicly traded companies (perfumania.com and fragrancenet.com). I do understand, though, how, for small minded people, it might be hard to believe.

We did a shade over $6mil in sales last year. Of course that isn't what I "made." However, my good fortune is precisely what has afforded me the luxury of time, and, it's one of the reasons that my life is as great as it is. We put in approximately 6 hour work days and, we are compensated handsomely for it, thereby affording us the luxury of spending time with family and friends. I love the ability to take a couple days off when I want, to play golf. As for goat vs. goad....My apologies. Clearly my website isn't a grammar one. It's a designer fragrance website. For those that are mocking it, not quite knowing what it means...They are designer, name brand (Gucci, Dior, Chanel, etc) perfumes and colognes. Either way, I think this has gone on long enough, don't you? Top, you know what they say... "Those who can....do..... Those who can't...teach..." My guess is you have never sold one of your candles, or anything else for that matter.

Well, I don't have a store either, only a website. And, only because you asked, yes, $2,000 would be a horrendous day for us, let alone a weekend. We averaged a little more than 8 times that much, daily, last year....since you asked.

By the way, Bruce, not that I owe you anything but, here are some posts that I've made that have nothing to do with asking questions. Of course you could do a simple search to this effect if you really wanted to. http://www.candletech.com/forums/showpost.php?p=241821&postcount=3 http://www.candletech.com/forums/showpost.php?p=241520&postcount=15 http://www.candletech.com/forums/showpost.php?p=239540&postcount=2 Of course I could go on, but, frankly, I have better things to do with my time. I would prefer to answer some customer emails, or pour some more test candles.