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Spam Lawsuit's Last Laugh is at Hormel's Expense

Posted by Zonk on from the junk-email-junk-email-eggs-and-junk-email dept.

Brian Cartmell writes "An article at the Minneapolis — StarTribune site covers a significant setback for the Hormel food company, in a case that's being closely watched by security companies across the country. Seattle-based Spam Arrest has gone up against the creator of the food substance in court, fighting for the right to use the word spam in its company name. The US Trademark Trial and Appeal board has sided with the spam fighters, agreeing that consumers of the Spam product would never confuse the food with junk email. 'Derek Newman, Spam Arrest's attorney, said the decision opens the door for many other anti-spam software companies ... "Spam Arrest fought this battle for the whole software industry," Newman said.'"

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  1. Re:How very noble of them by SargentDU · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    sm62704 said "(Spam sucks but it's better than.. er, hell I don't know but it has to be better than something.)" Spam is so much better than starving to death! There are many things worse than eating spam, expressly when you can spice up baked spam with cloves.

  2. Re:How very noble of them by sm62704 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    WTF??? Would you guys PLEASE go out and buy a sense of humor? Hookers are only twenty bucks here, that'll lighten your mood.

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  3. Re:How very noble of them by sm62704 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So when you make fun of Spam, you're essentially making fun of the true hardship of a country at war.

    As that war was over before I was born, and I'm over a half century old, I think I can be forgiven for making fun of its food. I do have a friend, Ralph, who fought in that war though. Wasn't "Shit On a Shingle" made of Spam? Seems they sereved it when I was in the Aur Force in the '70s, do they still have it or have they become a bit less barbaric these days?

    And baby jeebus won't help you if you make jokes about it and then admit you've never tried it.

    I did try it once as a kid. I hated it. I bet the baby jeebus would hate it too! Although he'd forgive the misguided souls that foist it upon an innocent world. I guess it would beat starving, but so would eating grubworms.

    Make fun of that and you'll get some backers.

    I make fun of everything and everybody.

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  4. Re:How very noble of them by operagost · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    S.O.S. is chipped beef.

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