Comments on: National Pork Board Says: Breastfeeding Is A Viable Trademark Threat

By: DLPerry

DLPerry — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:50:35 +0000

Nice bit of canned-ham. :)
I got the same letter in response to my own email to the NPB.
Danny I think you are still right – they still aren’t getting it – apology or not.
Oh well.

By: DLPerry

DLPerry — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:48:51 +0000

Nice bit of canned-ham. :)
I got the same letter in response to my own email to the NPB.
Danny I think you are still right – they still aren’t getting it – apology or not.
Oh well.

By: Wardo

Wardo — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:03:36 +0000

Danny, I got the same canned response to my email to the board. You gotta laugh at the phrase – “We apologize if our response seemed impersonal or harsh; that was not our intent”.

Reminds me of the movie “You’ve Got Mail” when the character Kathleen (played by Meg Ryan) responds to a similar comment by Joe:
“…but it’s personal to me, it’s personal to a lot of people…I mean, whatever else anything is, it ought to begin by being personal.”

In response we are (personally) switching from ham to turkey sandwiches for Superbowl snacks tomorrow.

By: Scott Clark

Scott Clark — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:50:00 +0000

The use of a trademarked phrase to amuse, and not to confuse, is a protected fair use, as a parody. This is pretty standard trademark law. Ok, so perhaps Mr. Murphy should look at all the harmless fun that's been had with the "Got Root?" shirts: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/sysadmin/280d/ The US Milk Advisory Board seems to be allowing the shirt to be marketed, but if I remember correctly, however, they sued Gateway Computer over the "Got Computer?" slogan used in an ad campaign.