The local community paper from where I grew up, The Etobicoke Guardian, has a piece about the Green Shift lawsuit:

The Liberal Party of Canada is being sued for $8.5 million by a Bloor West company over the name of the party's new carbon-tax plan for the environment and economy: Green Shift.

Jennifer Wright, who launched her business Green Shift Inc. in 1999, said she didn't want the matter to go to court but when the Liberals ignored her repeated requests to drop the name from their campaign, she felt she had no choice. She claims their use of her company's name damages it's reputation of being independent and environmentally-centred. Her office has received many calls from confused customers who want to know if her company is connected to the Liberal Party.

Is there a chance for the Liberal Party and Green Shift Inc to find common ground?  Anything is possible, but the raw emotion is going to be hard to overcome:

She said the Liberals called her the evening before Liberal leader Stephane Dion launched his Green Shift campaign last month.

"They said 'hey, you're probably going to get a lot of extra hits on your website', as if this was a good thing," she said.

She said for about a week she didn't take any action, because she wanted to give the Liberals time to reconsider.

"I think they just thought this is a small company, and we want this name," she said.

Wright said the company has made an effort to stay independent, to preserve its integrity. Dion told Toronto media last week, that he'd be willing to work with Wright. But Wright said she isn't buying it.

"It's as if someone broke into your house, and then turned to you and said, oh it's okay you can live here (with me)."

Arrogant.

Bully.

Thief.

If that's what Jennifer Green thinks, this suit is not going away any time soon.