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Hormel Sues Over SpamArrest Name

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 2, 2003 @02:59AM from the potted-meat-is-lawyer-brains dept.

slammin'j writes "According to this article from the Star Tribune, Hormel has filed a lawsuit against Spam Arrest LLC. for endangering "substantial goodwill and good reputation" of their meat product, Spam. If Hormel wins, it could be bad news for umpteen companies that make use of the word spam in their name."

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Re:Sagan by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-02 04:11 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Erm, that's "Macintosh 7100", not "prototype Amiga" you dolt. The story is particularly funny after the judge's ruling mentioned the possibility of Carl Sagan being a Butthead multiple times.