[Sca-cooks] Marmite/Vegemite/Promite

[drakey2 at iinet.net.au]

Quoting Elaine Koogler <ekoogler1 at comcast.net>:

> drakey2 at iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
> >
> >ps.  Australians are also not happy at an American company who trademarked
> 'Ugg 
> >Boots' even though Aussies have been calling them that since the 70's...  
> >Grumble...  I need my morning/lunchtime coffee...
> >  
> >
> Odd...I was under the impression, from the ads here, that Uggs were made 
> in Australia, and I guess I assumed that the company was Aussie as 
> well.  They are so comfortable...and warm in the winter, especially in 
> the snow.  Sigh.  You can't trust anything these days! 

They probably are made in Australia.  The issue is that some company in the US 
discovered they weren't trademarked and was awarded a trademark and is now 
trying to extort small Australian producers using the name...  

Drakey - ok, now I'll stop procrastinating and get back to the garden...