Hormel halts Spam King in his tracks

No ‘Spam King’ clothing line for Richter.

Infamous spammer Scott Richter, aka the ‘Spam King’, has fallen at the first hurdle in his bid to

launch a ‘Spam King’-branded clothing line

.

According to

Newsday.com

, Richter has revealed that, shortly after he began to market his Spam King range of clothes – which was to include hats, T-shirts and underwear sporting slogans such as ‘Just opt out’ and ‘Click it’ – he received a cease-and-desist communication from

Hormel Foods

, warning that Hormel owns the rights to the Spam mark.

So, for now, the fashion world will have to wait for the much anticipated SK clothing range – Mr Richter will have to find the time to settle this trademark matter in between both

suing anti-spam organisation SpamCop

and being sued by the New York Attorney General.

Posted on 17 June 2004 by

Virus Bulletin