The Best Design Lawsuits of the Month Involve Processed Meat and Simulated Football

It’s a good time for interesting design-based lawsuits this week. First, Hormel Foods has taken the Zwanenberger Food Group to court, alleging that the packaging for latter’s luncheon meat, Prem, looks too similar to Hormel’s famous and infamous rival product, Spam. This particular battle has reportedly been going on since last fall, when Hormel issued a cease-and-desist letter to stop copying their packaging, which Zwanenberger initially agreed to, redesigning their Prem tins with simple blue type on black metal.