Spam Arrest LLC Wins Lawsuit over SPAM Tradmark
Filed in archive Spam News by Sue Walsh on November 30, 2007
Hormel filed dozens of similar suits against other companies using the term Spam, including Yahoo, Earthlink, and Google's Postini. Most of the cases settled out of court in favor of Hormel or were suspended pending the outcome of Spam Arrest's case.
"Hormel retained several high priced expert witnesses in an effort to deprive Spam Arrest of its lawful use of the trademark," said Derek A. Newmanof Newman & Newman, lead counsel for Spam Arrest. "Spam Arrest successfully overcame that testimony, and now Spam Arrest is not only the first company other than Hormel to achieve a federal trademark registration with the term 'spam', but also first to prevail against the processed food giant."
"We are thrilled the court affirmed our right to continue using the SPAM ARREST trademark to identify the best spam elimination software available," added Brian Cartmell, CEO of Spam Arrest. "Spam Arrest made a decision that we would not be bullied. Consumers are smarter than to confuse us with the source for meat called spam."
Hormel plans to appeal.
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