[Mimedefang] spam now a registered trademark for downloadable

[Ian Mitchell]

According to Hormel, the usage of "spam" as a term to identify Unsolicited
Commercial Email (UCE) is ok. However, it should not be confused with the
term "SPAM" which is a registered trademark of the SPAM lunchmeat product
they offer.

Here's a link. http://www.spam.com/ci/ci_in.htm

Always curious how someone who owns a trademark feels when they're
trademark is essentially hijacked by a community as a whole for use to
describe the bain of all existance ;)

> Subject: [Mimedefang] spam now a registered trademark for downloadable
> 	software by Hormel
> To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com
>
> The wonderful world of software patents and trademarks
>
> http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76586902
>
> Now time to avoid to offer "anti-spam" solutions / software :} Hormel
> could that treat hostile.
>
> Alexander
>