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Article: Judge in Oregon Rules for Beef Jerky over Cheese in Tiff over Tillamook Label.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- February 9, 2004
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By Winston Ross, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 9--PORTLAND, Ore. -- Beef jerky won the battle of the Tillamooks on Friday. But cheese remained unrepentant.
In a surprise move, U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman ruled on the main issue in the trademark dispute only minutes after two of Tillamook County's most important companies presented their arguments.
Tillamook Country Smoker gets to keep its name, the judge declared.
But it wasn't all serious: "We heard earlier this morning that counsel was going to bring exhibits," Mosman said with a wry smile as the hearing opened. "It was a little ...