Concentrate to diluted - legal ?

[Terrier]

First post on the forums - please excuse my naeivity.

I intend to sell a diluted solution to companies for a specific kind of cleaning purposes. This will be bought from a company, diluted and then bottled under my own brand name and sold on. I need to confirm the following is legal and does not break any laws
1. The solution I buy is a branded product (lets call it Joe Bloggs Cleaner) - I want to dilute this and re bottle and sell it as my own brand (lets say MultiWonder Solution). Does the fact that I am taking a concentrated solution - diluting it to the proper guidlines and selling it for a tried and tested cleaning purpose under my own name cause legal problems.?
Eventually I want to supply a variety of "branded" goods but rename them
eg MultiWonder Gloves .....Multi Wonder Wipes.....Multi WonderTape - these items will be sourced from branded companies and renamed ......

[monaghan]

I'd suggest taking proper legal advise on this.

You may find that if you approach the company through the correct channels you may be able to purchase the solutions with the necessary rebrand / resale licenses and possibly get access to other items in their range as well.

[stratigen]

Hi,

I agree that a qualified legal opinion would be essential on this.

This is not a straightforward question.

Here are some thoughts:

Chemical products must be amongst the hardest, and therefore most expensive, to bring to market. Companies spend millions due, in no small part, to all the 'product standards testing' required to meet various health and safety standards.

Consequently, chemical products are also amongst the most 'protected' in terms of patent(s), copyright(s), and trademark(s), etc. Given this, I would suggest that it's improbable you can start with someone else's product 'add some water' and end up with a viable 'standalone product' without there being a lot of legal consquences.

Even if you can create a 'standalone product', I would guess you'd need to go through various 'testing', 'certification', 'government approval' etc. ... not to mention needing bullet-proof 'product liability insurance' and 'public liability insurance' etc.

I just can't imagine it's going to be simple to create a 'chemical cleaning agent' without there being 'serious amounts of red tape' ... e.g. licenses for your premises, training for your staff, etc., etc.

You might be able to get some psuedo-legal feedback for the price of a phonecall. Call up a couple of 'specialist business insurance companies', explain what you're planning [telling them the details]. Ask for confirmation of the types of insurance needed, and the price. There'll be an 'insurance checklist for chemcal-product manufacturing companies' ... e.g. 'does your business have certification X'; 'have your employees received training Z'; 'do you own a license to use the patent', etc.

Use this to research what's required in more detail.

Good luck.

Steve Jones

P.S. You should seek professional advice, from a qualified professional!

[SeeMe]

I would definitely check with a legal professions. Personally, I don't think it's legal - and it seems a little underhanded to me.