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Hormel Back on The Spam Offensive

Posted by timothy on from the more-like-human-than-ever dept.

Anonymous Howard writes "After an xapparent setback in litigation, Hormel Foods is again pursuing actions against entities and organizations over the 'spam' trademark. According to the web site of DSPAM, an open-source statistical anti-spam filter, "Anti-spam software manufacturers may be in for a rude awakening. Hormel Foods Corporation and Hormel Foods LLC have recently filed for extensions to oppose or to cancel many new and existing spam-related trademarks and are even filing a few technology trademarks of their own. The DSPAM project, a popular open source and freely available spam filtering application, has already received two such notices of opposition from the trademark trial and appeal board. The complete history can be viewed here. This came about a year after the software's user community scrounged up the fee to file for a trademark...""

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  1. Spam by nucal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone out there actually eat spam on a regular basis?

    1. Re:Spam by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny
      Spam is great! You can keep a can of it in the back of the cupboard for years. Every time you're stuck for something to cook for lunch or supper, you can look in the cupboard and say "Well, there's always the Spam", and you'll be able think of something else to prepare almost immediately.

      It's a lot like Discworld dwarven bread.

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    2. Re:Spam by Verteiron · · Score: 2, Funny

      You have caused me to eject soda violently from both nostrils. I salute you.

      Dwarf bread, just like mother used to hew...

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  2. Sounds like by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's time to hire a Spam Assassissin to take out a few Hormel lawyers.

  3. Re:Tough case by Supertroll · · Score: 5, Funny

    SPAM(tm) is the "Baywatch" of foods. Nobody admits to liking it but Hormell has been selling a metric assload of it for 60 years.

  4. Re:Miscategorized Article? by tukkayoot · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, it's labeled correctly, here's an example of what a YRO article should look like.

  5. If Hormel wants... by dyfet · · Score: 3, Funny

    If Hormel wants to exclusivily "own" all the spam, I would be very happy to send them all mine!

  6. Re:Lets see... by Viceice · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe because SPAM (The product) isn't exactly a meat?

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  7. Re:Tough case by jvollmer · · Score: 5, Funny
    Hormell has been selling a metric assload of it for 60 years.

    Shhh! You're giving away the recipe!

  8. Re:Spam, Velveeta and onions by yotto · · Score: 2, Funny

    *on a tray under the broiler until the cheese melts.*

    Cheese? I see no cheese in this recipe!?

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  9. Meanwhile, in China.... by furasato · · Score: 2, Funny

    Meanwhile, in China, a small boat building company is preparing to launch an all out legal offensive on any company wishing to use the junk (ie; junk mail) in thier products instead of spam.

  10. Sorry. by eremitic · · Score: 5, Funny

    So...do they expect the spammish inquisition?

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    1. Re:Sorry. by omeomi · · Score: 3, Funny

      nobody expects the spammish inquisition.

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    2. Re:Sorry. by Anonymous+Writer · · Score: 2, Funny

      Habla espamol?