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Article: Tillamook Smoker wins right to name.(Courts)(A federal judge rejects the Tillamook Creamery's push and grants trademark rights)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- August 4, 2004
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Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard
The Tillamook tussle may finally be over.
After several years of legal wrangling, a federal judge has ruled that Tillamook Country Smoker may register its name as a trademark after nearly 30 years in business.
The decision arose from a lawsuit that the beef jerky maker filed in 2002 against the Tillamook County Creamery Association, makers of world-famous Tillamook Cheese. The 150-member dairy cooperative takes in more than $240 million in annual sales. The cheese giant had tried to compel the smoker - also a major food force - to stop using the name "Tillamook."
Problem was, Tillamook just ...