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Company flushed with anger over toilet paper formula leak
ABC News Online ^
| 2002-11-09
Posted on 11/08/2002 7:28:51 PM PST by Lessismore
Procter and Gamble says the secret formula for toilet paper is out of the bag.
The consumer products titan says it has filed suit against Potlatch Corporation "to protect its critical trade secrets in the manufacturing technology used to make Bounty towels and Charmin bath tissue".
Procter and Gamble says Potlatch, a direct competitor, hired two key Procter technical experts with "substantial knowledge of critical company trade secrets".
A statement says Potlatch apparently is using "confidential information relating to P and G's 'through-air-drying' paper-making technology and processes".
The suit seeks damages and an order prohibiting the two employees from disclosing or using any proprietary P and G information.
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To: Dark Wing
flush
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posted on
11/08/2002 7:31:11 PM PST
by
Thud
To: Lessismore
I've always wondered why Bounty was so much more absorbent. Thanks.
To: Lessismore
Oh please. A lawsuit has been filed by a toilet paper manufacturer against something call "Potlatch"?
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posted on
11/08/2002 7:32:51 PM PST
by
xJones
To: Lessismore
P&G needs to wipe this issue before the profits go down the toilet!
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posted on
11/08/2002 7:34:08 PM PST
by
adaven
To: thchronic
they can always ply their trade elsewhere
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posted on
11/08/2002 7:36:16 PM PST
by
fnord
To: Willie Green
William, you really don't want to miss out on this one (ply).
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posted on
11/08/2002 7:38:42 PM PST
by
xJones
To: Lessismore
Someone's trying to wipe out the competition!
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posted on
11/08/2002 7:52:16 PM PST
by
JAWs
To: Lessismore
What a shi**y thing for Potlatch to do.....
This really chaps my butt....not in the literal sense
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posted on
11/08/2002 7:57:57 PM PST
by
Dallas
To: xJones
Flushed with anger is what I am with the EPA mandated drip flushers. The Lone Ranger TP does not help either.
Who would have believed that proctology, as a medical specialty, could be wiped out by this, or should I say, eliminated?
To: Lessismore
Who would want to steal the formula for toilet paper that doesn't flush in today's limp-wristed toilets?
To: Lessismore
Ever notice that there is a brand of Toilet Paper that is made from recycled material.
Why does that conjure up a picture of a wet suited diver emerging from a cess pool?
To: xJones
hired two key Procter technical experts with "substantial knowledge of critical company trade secrets".Within the industry, such experts are also called "proctologists".
To: Willie Green
Within the industry, such experts are also called "proctologists". You kidding? They don't know shi... well, maybe they do!
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posted on
11/09/2002 7:25:42 AM PST
by
Oberon
To: Lessismore
This is an absorbing article. fsf
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