[Mimedefang] spam now a registered trademark for downloadable software by Hormel
Ben Kamen
bkamen at benjammin.net
Tue May 24 10:39:32 EDT 2005
Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> 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.
I don't think it could apply to the industry we use it in..
From what I understand, something like that can only be inforced when the
holder of the trademark has competition using the trademark.
Since hormel is in the food industry, computer companies claiming/using spam and
anti-spam aren't really using the trademark in any competitive way against hormel.
I'm not a legal expert, but I vaguely remember something like that..
-Ben
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