[MCN-L] IP SIG: Spam v. Spam
Finally, a scrap of evidence that sanity is still alive and well: NEW YORK, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Spam Arrest LLC, a provider of software and services aimed at stopping email spam, on Wednesday said it won a five-year legal battle against Hormel Foods Corp to keep its trademark. Spam Arrest said a three-judge panel found that Hormel's trademark does not extend to computer software for filtering spam. Hormel sells Spam processed meats and sued the software maker, claiming dilution on the trademarked name. Consumers are smarter than to confuse us with the source for meat called spam, Spam Arrest Chief Executive Brian Cartmell said in a statement. (Reporting by Justin Grant; Editing by David Cowell) And that took five years to figure out? Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Spam v. Spam
and here's more proof http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ7YedEopp4 On Dec 2, 2007 9:08 AM, Amalyah Keshet akeshet at imj.org.il wrote: Finally, a scrap of evidence that sanity is still alive and well: NEW YORK, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Spam Arrest LLC, a provider of software and services aimed at stopping email spam, on Wednesday said it won a five-year legal battle against Hormel Foods Corp to keep its trademark. Spam Arrest said a three-judge panel found that Hormel's trademark does not extend to computer software for filtering spam. Hormel sells Spam processed meats and sued the software maker, claiming dilution on the trademarked name. Consumers are smarter than to confuse us with the source for meat called spam, Spam Arrest Chief Executive Brian Cartmell said in a statement. (Reporting by Justin Grant; Editing by David Cowell) And that took five years to figure out? Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
[MCN-L] Fw: Yahoo! and Adobe! sign! ad-packed! PDF! pact!
Oh, please. Give us a break, already! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/29/yahoo_adobe_pdf_advert/ http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9825409-7.html ...Yahoo! has signed up with Adobe to incorporate targeted adverts into PDF documents. The scheme is optional, but unfortunately only for the advertiser. Advertisers just upload their PDF files to Yahoo so they can be ?ad-enabled?, meaning the adverts linked to the document?s contents are slotted in. The Advs are shown in a side panel that appears in Acrobat Reader whenever the document?s opened, though Yahoo! hasn?t said if this panel can be hidden by users. We suspect not. It?s expected that the ads will be charged on a pay-per-click basis. Unfortunately, it?s questionable how much the advertising will add to the ?user experience?. Unless you actually want your monthly departmental financial analysis review PDF content linked to adverts for 30 per cent off stationery and offers to slash the cost of your medical bills.
