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Hormel Sues Over SpamArrest Name
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."
Spam? Good reputation? Ha! That stuff has been the butt of jokes as longs as I can remember! Who are they kidding?
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
that someone came up with some software to keep that pink canned monstrosity of a luncheon meat out of my cupboard... oh wait, they are talking about email? nevermind
endangering "substantial goodwill and good reputation" of their meat product
Don't they already endanger the goodwill and "good" reputation by calling it a "meat product"?
Mike
so are we going to change our name for junk email now?
lets call it McRibs...
Of course, this begs the question that Hormel's Spam *has* a good name already!
I might know what I'm talkin' about, but then again, this is Slashdot...
They could get around it the same way that I used to avoid reserved words in programming - use all swears.
Instead of "Spam Arrest" they could just change their names to "Fuck Shitters" or "Explosive Ass Mansion" (I am fully aware that the second example only had one swear in it, and two non-swear words - but I thought it sounded like a good company name - or a new ride at Disney).
Another option would be to just flail on the keyboard and then do a quick search to see if that is anywhere on the net - if not - bingo!
For instance, they could go with the name ";oasdguos " which might not be as easy to remember, but I think over time it could grow on you like a cancerous tumor (which could also be their new ad campaign).
If all else fails, we can just resort to all numbers.
Their new name, from this day forward would be "Comapny 16843329" - not to be confused with 16843328 or 16843330 which make coat hangers and tampons respectively.
I should probably not say anymore since as it is, I've said too much and feel that perhaps a consulting fee is in order.
There are some odd things afoot now, in the Villa Straylight.
Spokesdemons for the Devil scoffed at the allegations, saying "Good luck finding an attorney who isn't already on the Dark Lord's retainer."
We actually had a "SPAM Acronym" contest one day. The winner, hands down, was:
Some
Po'
Ass
Muthafucka'
In Soviet Russia, Chuck Norris will still kick your ass.
When you consider that SPAM has been manufactured since World War II--probably one of the few items from that era that you can find in a 24-hr convenience store (barring, say, pocket combs, nail clippers, and chewing gum)--it's *almost* understandable that Hormel would just now be waking up to the fact that their product is being maligned. Someone should tell them that we won the war, also.
Monster Zero is the reason we cannot live on the surface, but must live forever live underground like this.
Start calling unsolicited commercial email Firebird.
Timothy is looking for investors for his new "SPAM spam" company, which will use bulk e-mail in order to sell canned ham products. He believes that this lawsuit might have an impact on the confidence of his investors.
How can we continue to believe in a just universe and freedom to eat crackers if we have no ale?
Ok dude, you expect me to believe that there is some magical animal that contains both pork and ham?
I suppose next you'll be telling me that pork is bacon too?
Reminds me of the "Sagan" chip that was in a prototype Amiga. Engineers had meant it as homage to the great Carl Sagan. Well, ol' Carl demanded payment for his name. They renamed it instead, to BHA. When Sagan found out it stood for "Butt-headed Astronomer", he sued them saying that BHA was "defamatory". He lost the case.
Maybe we could re-coin "spam" something like "litigious sh*tloaf".
- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then ???, then profit.
The only cool part of that article is the space-age 3D blueprint of what SPAM looks like behind the scenes.
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I think the last thing I want to do after receiving spam about a farm girl fucking a horse with a 31 inch cock is to go and eat an unknown meat product.
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
Lets all show up in the courthouse dressed as vikings. Whenever one of the attourneys says the word "spam" we can all burst into song! "Spamspamspamspam spamspamspamspam..."
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
I think that I could argue quite successfully that the majority of unsolicited emails that I receive probably originated from a pig's ass as well, so I can see the connection.
Maybe I should trademark the letter 'E'.
rk.. havn't you hard? Thr's alrady a tradmark on that lttr. B carful man.. you don't wanna gt sud for copyright infringmnt..
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I wish my meat had substantial goodwill and good reputation.
I'm sorry, but I simply could not resist. I will now stoically accept my modding down like a man.
--- Ban humanity.
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"Ulch - that meat was tainted! You feel deathly sick."
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Is is just me, or is that sig in - er - bad taste considering the current topic?
90% of everything is crap. Also, crap is relative.
isnt-that-horse department?
Wifey and I to hawaii for our honeymoon. The McDonalds there had a breakfast spam meal. We were curious, but decided against it.
Spam has some very beneficial uses, in fact I have the montey python mp3 linked on my desktop incase a telemarketer calls. When they ask for the man of the house I ask them to hold and place the phone by my speaker. I've only done it twice but the last time I would pick the phone up and ask "Did he pick up yet? no, gosh i'll find him for you" and set it down, almost had him listen to the whole thing, dont know how long the first person stayed. I should record the conversation on the answering machine. Another great tactic if you dont have the clip handy is just start screaming into the air SPAM! while they are making their pitch, dont yell into their ears its more fun to listen to them crack up during their speech.
And by the way, good job honeywell! you'll rights to the spam trademark when this is over.
Don't worry. You'll be(TM) just fine(TM) so long as you re(TM)me(TM)mbe(TM)r to de(TM)note(TM) the(TM) fact that it's trade(TM)marke(TM)d. Se(TM)e(TM)? Isn't that e(TM)asy? The(TM)re(TM)'s no ne(TM)e(TM)d to re(TM)nde(TM)r me(TM)ssage(TM)s ille(TM)gible(TM) by de(TM)le(TM)ting le(TM)tte(TM)rs.
If it's for-profit but free, you're not the customer -- you're the product (e.g., the Slashdot Beta's "audience").
Our product isn't called 'Spam Arrest'.
It's called 'Spa - Mar - Rest'. Cleans those nasty heelmarks off your Jacuzzi - like magic!
Everyone will start to cheer when you put on your sailin' shoes.