Your child was in violation of federal law.(Adages)

Advertising Age, January, 2007 by Wheaton, Ken

Byline: Ken Wheaton

We'd like to thank Tom Anderson, over at sibling publication Crain's Detroit Business, for reporting a bit of good news. Seems that the Southfield, Mich., offices of the Brooks Kushman law firm received a Christmas present from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Perhaps hit by one of the few stray common-sense particles bouncing around D.C., the Patent Office said the people were free to make peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches without, as Tom puts it, "getting in a jam with the federal government.''

No, you didn't miss the great PB&J Prohibition movement. Rather, Tom relates, "In 2001, Albie's Foods Inc., a grocery and catering company in Gaylord that was selling crustless peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches to schools for their...

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