Recently, we listened to 94-year-old Green Cross Alcohol founder Gonzalo Co It (Chinese for number one) about his mission to get back his beloved company. While Co’s life is inspirational, having established the Green Cross brand, it is sad that he has to engage in a legal battle with his own siblings. Apparently, his siblings, […]
STORIES men and women unceremoniously ousted from the companies they founded and nurtured to success are nothing new. Think Steve Jobs at Apple (before his triumphant return), Donald Sterling who was booted by the National Basketball Association from the Clippers for racist remarks, and most recently Dov Charney, removed as chair and CEO of American […]
The webpage of Green Cross Incorporated starts off with a lie: “It was in 1952 when Chinese immigrant Mr. Co Ay Tian founded the company.” The real founder was not the father, but his son. Gonzalo Co It, who has written the book “The Green Cross Saga My Authobiography.” Gonzalo is now 94. In 1952, […]
The last time I wrote about Gonzalo Co It (often referred to as simply Gonzalo Co) and his travails as the dispossessed owner of Green Cross Inc. (GCI) was in January last year (“Green Cross family feud worsens,” January 8, 2013, issue of the BusinessMirror) My write-up was essentially a summation of his autobiography, […]
Even at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), supposedly a graft-free agency handling local inventions, there are corrupt officers. A 94-year-old man stands to lose a trademark he has developed for his bleaching liquid since 1952 because a hearing officer appears to favor his callous relatives. His relatives allegedly took advantage of his trust, stole his […]
Si Gonzalo Co, isang 94-anyos na imbentor na nagsimula ng Gonzalo Laboratories na gumawa ng Green Cross Rubbing Alcohol at Zonrox. Siya ang kuya ng apat niyang mga kapatid na kanyang pinasok sa kanyang kumpanya. Ang malungkot na nangyari kay Gonzalo ay ang kanya mismong mga kapatid na sa awa niya sa kanila ay binigyan […]
A 94-year-old businessman has sued a hearing officer of the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) before the Ombudsman for “manifest partiality, evident bad faith, or gross inexcusable negligence” in handling his pending petition before the cited agency. Gonzalo Co, founder of Gonzalo Laboratories Inc., the manufacturer of Green Cross rubbing alcohol and Zonrox bleach, sued lawyer […]