IMITATION n. the act or a product of imitating; a copy, likeness or counterfeit. ---adj. made to imitate a genuine, and usually superior, article.


THEY SAY THAT WHEN ONE UPSURPS AND IMITATES ANOTHERS IDEA OR PRODUCT THAT THIS COULD BE
CONSIDERED FLATTERING. I CONSISDER IT THEFT, STEALING, A BEHIND THE BACK MANEUVER BY AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO MOST LIKELY HAS BEEN DOING IT ALL THEIR LIFE. MYSELF, A CONSUMER WOULD LIKE
TO WARN OTHER CONSUMERS ABOUT ONE SUCH COMPANY, PERSON WHO HAS DONE EXACTLY THIS TO ME
AND MY SMALL BUSINESS

I, THE OWNER OF OPC, DOGGY-BAG WAS CONTACT BY MRS. PATRICIA HENDERSON PRESIDENT OF CYGANNY,
INCORPORATED IN SEPTEMBER 1999. MRS. HENDERSONS' COMPANY PRODUCES A CLIP-ON EARRING FOR PETS.
MRS. HENDERSON WAS DESIGNING A DISPENSER TO HOLD BAGS THAT PEOPLE SAVED TO TAKE WITH THEM
WHEN WALKING THEIR DOGS. MRS. HENDERSON HEARD ABOUT THE "DOGGY-BAG" FROM A FRIEND WHO LIVES
IN THE BUCKTOWN AREA OF CHICAGO, DURING A CONVERSATION THEY WERE HAVING ABOUT "WHY DIDN'T
SOMEONE SELL A PICK UP BAG FOR DOG OWNERS", MRS. HENDERSONS' FRIEND REMARKED THAT IN FACT THERE
WAS SOMEONE DOING THIS. PROVIDING MRS. HENDERSON WITH THE INFORMATION TO CONTACT ME, OPC,
"DOGGY-BAG", MRS. HENDERSON CONTACTED ME AND INVITED TO HER HOME, SHE WAS INTERESTED IN MY
PRODUCT "DOGGY-BAG". I AGREED TO MEET WITH HER AND SHOWED HER THE "DOGGY-BAG" AND LEFT HER
SAMPLES OF THE PRODUCT. WELL WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT!, NOW CYGANNY,INC. HAS MANUFACTURED AND
MARKETS A PRODUCT, A DISPENSER FOR DOG WALKING BAGS BUT THEY ALSO MARKET A PICK UP BAG. THE
DISPENSER IS A GREAT PRODUCT, BUT THE BAG THAT COMES WITH A CARDBOARD DISPENSING BOX IS JUST
A IDENTICAL COPY OF MY "DOGGY-BAG". NOT ONLY HAS MRS. PATRICIA HENDERSON AND CYGANNY, INC 
COPIED MY PRODUCT BUT THEY HAVE ALSO COPIED MY MARKETING TERMINALOGY "THE BAG MAY BE USED AS
A WATER OR FOOD BOWL AND THAT THEY ARE EXCELLENT FOR TRAVEL OR A DAY OUT WITH YOUR DOG. GRANTED
MRS. HENDERSON ALLOWED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE EXCLUSIVE SUPPLIER TO CYGANNY, INC. FOR
"DOGGY-BAGS", BUT THEY COULD NOT COST HER MORE THAN A PENNY A PIECE, I DECLINED THE PROPOSION.
AT A LATER DATE DURING A DISCUSSION WITH MRS. HENDERSON I WAS TOLD BY HERSELF THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO BE UTILIZING A GENERIC BAG AS A COMPANION TO THEIR DISPENSER WHICH IS HER RIGHT AND
A BUSINESS DECISION. THIS PAST JANUARY I SAW MRS. HENDERSON ON FOX NEWS, BOTTOM LINE SEGEMENT
DEMONSTRATING GYGANNY, INC. PICK UP BAG OR "POOP BAG" AS IT IS NOW CALLED, I WAS HUMORED BY 
HER PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION, FOR IT WAS THE SAME TERMINOLOGY THAT I USED WHILE IN HER HOME
DEMONSTRATING TO HER THE "DOGGY-BAG". PUT IT ON OVER YOUR HAND MUCH AS IF IT WERE A GLOVE, LET
YOUR FINGERS AND THUMB SEPERATE TO EITHER SIDE OF THE INSIDE SEAM, SEE IT HAS A POCKET IN THE
BOTTOM TO COLLECT THE DOG FECES THAT YOUR TRYING TO PICK UP. YOU CAN LET MRS. HENDERSON KNOW
WHAT YOU THINK OF HER ACTIONS, BELOW IS HER CONTACT INFORMATION OR UTILIZE THIS LINK. LET ME
KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF MRS. HENDERSONS' ACTION, VIA THIS LINK REACTION.



			MRS. PATRICIA HENDERSON PRESIDENT
			205 WEST WACKER DRIVE
			CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
			TELEPHONE 312.444.2979
			FAX	  312.875.1654

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