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Re: Hormel objects to use of SPAM
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:57:21 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Brock <bnmeeks () verizon net> Date: August 24, 2009 8:57:34 PM EDT To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net> Subject: Re: [IP] Hormel objects to use of SPAM Dave--I covered this subject of Hormel and spam back in '97 in a CyberWire Dispatch.
Actually, the Hormel folks are resigned to the use of spam as used to denote junk mail; but it makes total sense for them to defend their trademark of spam in all caps.
Now, that's not to say that the spam crowd inside Hormel isn't a, well, odd...
Here's a link to my original story, which still stands on its own after all this time:
http://www.cyberwire.com/cwd/cwd.97.01.03.html Sent from my iPhone On Aug 24, 2009, at 7:27 PM, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: "Ronald J Riley \(RJR\)" <rjr () rjriley com> Date: August 24, 2009 9:25:48 PM EDT To: <dave () farber net> Subject: Hormel objects to use of SPAM Dave, for IP. http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=10971&tag=nl.e550Is an interesting blog post about Hormel objecting to the use of the term SPAM and requesting that only lower case be used. Beyond that, as I understand the law use of the term for email is not confusing and there is no profit involved so it seems that they really have no leg to stand on.The letter is polite and I understand Hormel’s concerns but it seems to me that this is too late. I do think that Hormel deserves credit for not sending a nasty-gram but also should be chided for an attempt to mislead people that the use for unsolicited email somehow violates their trademark.Ronald J. Riley, I am speaking only on my own behalf. Affiliations: President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR act PIAUSA.org Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org President - Alliance for American InnovationCaretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul HeckelWashington, DC Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST. Archives
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