The Tillamook County Creamery Assn., Tillamook, Ore., has moved to trademark the Tillamook name and require numerous other companies to remove the name from their products. Since Tillamook is the name of a county where the cheese and other products bearing the Tillamook name are produced, opponents say it is unfair to trademark the name of a place. But proponents say products such as Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Hershey's Candies have already set a precedent.
One of the dairy industry's best-known traditions is returning to its roots. After a five-year stay in California, the Marschall Cheese Seminar returns to Wisconsin this year. Rhodia Inc., Cranbury, N.J., sponsor of the seminar, will combine the Marschall Cheese Seminar with the Wisconsin Dairy Products Association's (WDPA) Annual Convention. The combined event, to be known as The Dairy Symposium, will be held June 27-29, 2004, at the House on the Rock Resort in Spring Green, Wis. The Marschall Cheese seminar, celebrating its 41st year, will expand its focus to include other dairy products as a result of its new relationship with WDPA, which is in its 31st year. For more information on the Dairy Symposium, call WDPA at 608/836-3336 or Rhodia at 574/264-2557.