"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 "Coke" and "Pepsi" and see how far you get trademarking that in a computer context... Not that SPAM is at that same level of brand awareness...
-- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc.
Not only that, but the use of the word "Spam" is directly taken to the canned meat made by Hormel. The reference came from a Monty Python skit singing the praises of the meat.
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