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| | Fools' Blog: Tillamook Trademark Case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Tillamook County Creamery Association has sued or threatened to sue a number of Tillamoook, OR businesses that also use the county, city, avenue, forest, river, and bay name Tillamook for their own products and services. |
 | | The creamery sought to prevent a beef jerky company, an artichoke farm and a proposed bottling plant from using the word "Tillamook". |
 | | Jim McMullen, CEO of the Tillamook County Creamery Association, argues that trademarking a place name is not unusual -- he points to Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Hershey's Candies, Nantucket Nectars and Pendleton Woolens. |
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