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Back Off National Pork Board, that is what breast feeding blogger Jennifer Laycock thinks about the threats from the National Pork Board. It seems that the National Pork Board's slick special attack lawyers:

I received a letter this morning from Jennifer Daniel Collins, an attorney at Faegre & Benson that represents The National Pork Board. It stated, for the most part, that my use of the phrase "the other white milk" violates their trademark on the phrase "the other white meat."

Okay fair enough, IMO the National Pork Board lawyer, Jennifer Daniel Collins, might have had a somewhat reasonable point if she would have just left it at that, but instead she goes on to insinuate:

"In addition, your use of this slogan also tarnishes the good reputation of the National Pork Board's mark in light of your apparent attempt to promote the use of breastmilk beyond merely for infant consumption, ..."

See it's better not to say too much because by such an outrageous insinuation the Pork folks lost any sympathy from or credibility with me. What kind of sick mind does the lawyer from the National Pork Board have? I've looked over the Lactivist site and there is nothing untoward there in the least. This is just a woman trying to raise breast feeding awareness through humor. Did these lawyers actually look at the website?

So what can you do? Here is the contact form for the National Pork Board, do drop them a line and tell them what you think.

Sources: Cre8pc Blog and Search Engine Land

Update:

Happy resolution: Well Done, Pork