Hormel Foods Corp. v. Jim Henson Productions, Inc.

36 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1812 (S.D.N.Y. 1995), aff’d., 73 F.3d 497 (2d Cir. 1996)

In one of the more humorous decisions in recent memory, we successfully established the rights of the Muppets to poke fun at “SPAM” luncheon meat by naming a wild boar Muppet character “Spa-am” in the movie “Muppet Treasure Island” and on movie merchandise.