[Everything doTERRA] Re: young living lawsuit

Thank you Janice.  Both the quote and website simply reconfirm my faith in this company.  As doTERRA was my first contact with EOs I have nothing to base opinions on except for the efficacy of the oils themselves and how representatives of both companies comport themselves--to me this is an obvious choice. Actions do speak louder than words...

Becky

On Monday, June 25, 2012 5:12:54 AM UTC-7, Janice Ladnier wrote:

I've been following a discussion about this lawsuit initiated by Dr. Robert Pappas on his blog on the Essential Oil University website. Dr. Pappas is a world-renowned chemist in the essential oil field, and one of the chemists who analyzes the tests of doTERRA's oils. He presented at doTERRA's 2011 convention. Although he does not overtly support doTERRA on his blog, he did express confidence in the quality of their oils at the convention. Some people on his blog claimed that doTERRA's promotional materials were identical to Young Living's, and made some other negative comments. Here's what he said:
I don't think this will end up testing the idea of can you patent an aromatherapy blend because DoTerra is not using any of the same formulas as are in the YL blends. I also don't think DoTerra's literature and materials looks anything like YL, its not about that. I think the suit will try to argue that the management team that left YL used information like suppliers, consultants, etc. that was gained while working for YL and that a non-compete agreement was violated. In my experience these kinds of non-compete lawsuits never end up winning in the end but are typically tactics used by a larger company to tie up the capital resources of the smaller company in an attempt to bankrupt them by dragging them through endless costly litigation. The fact that it took 4 years to bring this suit says a lot to me. A non-compete typically has a time limitation built into it, I have never seen one with more than a 2 year time limit. I would imagine that YL has now lost so much of their market share to DoTerra that they had to do something to try and stop the bleeding.
There is also a statement by David Stirling, CEU of doTERRA, in August 2010 that addresses these issues. You can find that at http://www.doterra-aromatics.com/info/stirling_8-31-2010.html.

On Saturday, June 23, 2012 3:07:56 PM UTC-5, Peamama wrote:

Being brand new to doTERRA and watching this honestly does bring up a
few thoughts. Most competetive companies do have non-disclosure,
confidentiality, and non-compete contracts that every employee must
sign before being hired. Having not heard doTERRA's reply to this
lawsuit I am wondering. Yes, it did take them years to file but
getting all the paperwork together takes time. Please don't think that
I am going against doTERRA because I am not. But we must remember that
there is always 3 sides to every story-theirs, theirs, and the truth.
Everyone's perception is different. However, that being said I don't
think that it should affect how doTERRA IPC's run their businesses.
Keep up with the integrity, honesty, and helpfulness; do away with any
backbiting of the "other" company and show the world exactly what kind
of company doTERRA is by the action of its employees. I pray the truth
wins out and therefore doTERRA wins too!
Just my opinion. :)

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