The U.K. Register reports that what would appear to be a very late in the game attempt by the original spammers -- Hormel, makers of the presumably tasty canned meat -- to preserve some semblance of control in the UK over the use of their trademark in the Internet space-junk context. They sued a shop that produced a product called "Spambuster." (Query whether they have any chance of ever asserting trademark rights in that very descriptive product name? Not likely.)
According to the article, the court wrote: "Since Spambuster actually made no effort to connect its email software with the canned meat, it wasn't much of a surprise that the judge took their word for it and dismissed the complaint."
Bloody Vikings.
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