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But which came first...
Spam or Spam? Windows or Windows?
I think Hormel is just trying to protect their products name. It's a silly reaction, but has some (if not a tiny, too small to be noticed) valid reasons.

Microsoft tried to trademark a previously protected term, then use it to squash competition.

Both ways, I don't think anyone is going to mix either one of the pair up.
Posted by: el1jones   Posted on: 11/02/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Spam "is also a meat"  alterego_z | 11/02/04
Hormel's advertising campaign..  d_jedi | 11/02/04
So is liver but I don't like that either (NT)  Squawkbox | 11/02/04
name trademark?  pinback_z | 11/02/04
But which came first...  el1jones | 11/02/04
They both taste bad, so what's the point?  BitTwiddler | 11/02/04
You don't know how to prepare it then.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/02/04
SPAM: Loved By Fat MSCEs...  itanalyst | 11/02/04
SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1  itanalyst | 11/02/04
Spamitty Spam! Wonderful Spam!  UncleBubba | 11/02/04
The song that started it all  Pinkerton | 11/02/04
My position on Spam.  Yen_z | 11/02/04
Bah...good luck to them, they'll need it.  KOS-MOS | 11/02/04
SPAM is not very good  voska | 11/02/04
Spam: It's a Product Name  darguz | 11/03/04
You're both wrong  James T. Kirk | 11/03/04
Does it really matter?  flatliner | 11/03/04
Claiming trademarks...  strawbrn | 11/03/04
Hormel's Spam is Great...email spam ain't  Yonkel_z | 11/04/04
Well... the name -IS- theirs, isn't it?  JLelie | 11/05/04

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