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MAGNET · 07-31-2003, 11:15 AM

The food company that owns the trademark for Spam has taken a software firm to court over the name.

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/07/30...amfight_030730

This is some funny shit

modF · 07-31-2003, 11:17 AM

Didn't they lose a similar suite a few years ago?

webair · 07-31-2003, 11:20 AM

yes i believe the outcome was, correct me if i'm worng:

you can use the term spam - lower case when referring to UCE

but the term SPAM was reservers for the hormel corp product

candyflip · 07-31-2003, 11:23 AM

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Hormel officials argue the company has carefully protected and invested in the brand name and the public could confuse the meat product with the technology company.

It's pretty tough to distinguish between the two if you ask me.

MAGNET · 07-31-2003, 11:28 AM

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Originally posted by candyflip

It's pretty tough to distinguish between the two if you ask me.

Yea i agree alot of Europeans and countries around the world know of the word spam only as a term for UCE and don?t even have the slightest ides that its a meat product

webair · 07-31-2003, 11:29 AM

no one eats that shit anyhow...do they?

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