Re: [SAtalk] Hormel sues

2003-07-02 Thread Bob Apthorpe
-- Bob Apthorpe On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Alan Leghart wrote: > --On Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:28 PM -0400 Vivek Khera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> "MSS" == Malte S Stretz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > MSS> But I always thought you get a trademark always only for some > > MSS> "cla

Re: [SAtalk] Hormel sues

2003-07-02 Thread Alan Leghart
--On Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:28 PM -0400 Vivek Khera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "MSS" == Malte S Stretz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MSS> But I always thought you get a trademark always only for some MSS> "class" of product. So Hormel is definitely in the food business MSS> while the SpamArrest

Re: [SAtalk] Hormel sues

2003-07-02 Thread Vivek Khera
> "MSS" == Malte S Stretz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MSS> But I always thought you get a trademark always only for some MSS> "class" of product. So Hormel is definitely in the food business MSS> while the SpamArrest guys tried to get a trademark as an ISP and MSS> software vendor. Think "Cok

Re: [SAtalk] Hormel sues

2003-07-02 Thread Malte S. Stretz
Hmmm... from [1]: | They are opposing an attempt to trademark a name containing their | registered trademark. Considering the typically litigious nature of other | companies and Hormel's relative tolerance of the use of the generic term | "spam", I hardly think they should be cast as the bad guy fo

[SAtalk] Hormel sues

2003-07-02 Thread Liudvikas Bukys
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55892-2003Jul1.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/135144116_spamhormel02.html http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/07/02/1453254.shtml?tid=111&tid=126 --- This SF.Net email spon