Trademark News for 13-Oct-2006

    'EU rejects Spam maker?s trademark bid (CNews)
    LONDON (AP) ? The producer of the canned pork product Spam has lost a bid to claim the word as a trademark for unsolicited e-mails.

    'Spam-maker loses bid to trademark 'spam' (Sydney Morning Herald)
    The producer of the canned pork product Spam has lost a bid to claim the word as a trademark for unsolicited emails. -

    'Eu Rejects Spam Maker's Trademark Bid (Slashdot)
    kog777 writes "The producer of the canned pork product Spam has lost a bid to claim the word as a trademark for unsolicited e-mails. EU trademark officials rejected Hormel Foods Corp.'s appeal, dealing the company another setback in its struggle to prevent software companies from using the word "spam" in their products, a practice it argued was diluting its brand name. The European Office of

    'EU Rejects Hormel's Spam Trademark (NewsFactor)
    The producer of the canned pork product Spam has lost a bid to claim the word as a trademark for unsolicited e-mails. EU trademark officials rejected Hormel Foods Corp.'s appeal, dealing the company another setback in its struggle to prevent software companies from using the word "spam" in their products, a practice it argued was diluting its brand name. The European Office of Trade Marks and

    'Developer ends bid to trademark foe's name (Baltimore Sun)
    The developer seeking to build 4,300 homes near a state forest in Western Maryland has withdrawn its bid to trademark the name of the citizens group opposing the project.



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