Why we don't call Vitaly-TEA® "Essiac®"

Simply put, essiac is a brand name and a registered trademark". Legally, this means that another company (other than ours) owns the sole rights to the name ESSIAC®. That's why you'll find the little "R" with the circle around it after most written references to Essiac®...

...As a consumer, you probably know that there are many "brand names" or "trademark names" of certain consumer items. Different brands of soda pop can be called "Coke", "Pepsi" or "RC-Cola" and each brand name is appropriately "trademarked" (a process handled at the "Trademark and Patent Office" of the applicable country to which the trademark applies). Furthermore, a television set can be a "Sony", "RCA" or "Panasonic". When there are different "Brands" and "trademarks" - the consumer has a choice of which brand they might prefer to buy.

This of course, doesn't mean that one soda is "the real thing" and all others are imposters. It's just plain marketing savvy that would want you to think one is "real" and all others "imposters", "counterfeits" or whatever. Many prefer "Pepsi" over "Coke". "Panasonic" over "Sony".

Vitaly-TEA® (pronounced the same as "Vitality") claims its roots as an Ojibwa formula. We do not lead the consumer to believe that Vitaly-TEA® is Essiac®. Essiac® is a separate and completely non-associated "brand" to which we ask the consumer to compare Vitaly-TEA®'s striking similarities with Essiac® brand (minus perhaps, Vitaly-TEA®'s lower cost ;-)

Regardless of what certain companies may want you to believe, Vitaly-TEA® is in no way an "imposter" or "counterfeit" product. The four herbs contained in Vitaly-TEA® are exactly what we have researched to be found in the original Ojibwa formula (we NEVER substitute herbs!)

Vitaly-TEA® is true to the Original Ojibwa formula. Which, if you do your "homework", you'll find it was the original "trademarked brand" from nature itself.

It's just that simple.

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Due to substantial confusion regarding essiac or Essiac^®, the following trademark Info below is referenced from http://essiac-info.org/lecture.html - an excellent online resource for anything related to essiac:

"The Essiac formula and trademark was purchased from Resperin Corporation by David Dobbie in 1995 and his Essiac® Products Inc. of New Brunswick became the manufacturer of Essiac®. The allied Essiac® International of Ontario owned by Terry Maloney was formed to market the Essiac®. Resperin Corporation dissolved itself in 1998 and the Resperin rights were sold (but not to Essiac®)."From Resperin Corporation" was the Canadian Essiac® promotion used to connect their formula to Rene Caisse, letting people think Resperin Corporation still made the product (despite Resperin protests about that use of its name). Essiac® promotion in 2000 became "From Resperin Canada", which usurped Resperin rights of real "Resperin Canada" company in Canada who owned the rights.  More confusion, two Essiac® trademarks exist, an unrelated company owned by Dr. Pierre Gaulin of Florida holds the legal Essiac® trademark in the US. Trademark info."