Category: Advertising

New beer malt beverage labeling practices new ttb regulations

Are you ready for the TTB’s new alcoholic beverage labeling and advertising regs that would change beer/malt beverages allowable alcohol content statement tolerances, and allow for different contract brewers to list all locations a beer is made? (New TTB advertising and labeling rules Part 12)

Advertising / Beer / Brewery / Brewing / Brewpub / Craft Beer / Labeling / Regulations / TTB
March 14, 2019

Yesterday, in Part 11 of our series on the TTB’s “Notice No. 176” –...

Malt Beverage labeling regulations changed under new TTB advertising and labeling regulations

Are you ready for the TTB’s new alcoholic beverage labeling and advertising regs that would change beer/malt beverages definitions, and COLA and labeling standards? (New TTB advertising and labeling rules Part 11)

Advertising / Beer / Brewery / Brewing / Craft Beer / Labeling / Regulations / TTB
March 13, 2019

Last time, in Part 10 of our series on the TTB’s “Notice No. 176”...

Supreme Court holds you’ll need to obtain registration of your copyright in order to protect that awesome label art and witty copy

Advertising / Beer / Craft Beer / Distilled Spirits / Labeling / Opinions / Statutes / Suits / Wine
March 12, 2019

We’ve written on many occasions about the benefits and added protections of copyrighting your...

Distillery pots changes to distilled spirits labeling practices

Are you ready for the TTB’s new alcoholic beverage labeling and advertising regs that would change distilled spirits standards of identity labeling practices? (New TTB advertising and labeling rules Part 10)

Advertising / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Distilling / Regulations
March 7, 2019

Last time, in Part 9 of our series on the TTB’s “Notice No. 176”...

Advertising liability for your wine, craft beer and distilled spirits

Can hashtags promoting your beverage create liability in the same way other advertising content can? #YouBet

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March 6, 2019

A recent closing letter from the Federal Trade Commission has shed some light on...

UPS trademark action against cannabis group is a good reminder that branding you think is “funny” will likely cost you

Advertising / Marijuana / Statutes / Suits / Trademark
March 4, 2019

A little over two weeks ago, shipping and logistics giant United Parcel Service brought...

Asahi class action complaint over false advertising lawsuit for made in japan issues

Asahi Beer settles false advertising class action over “not” made in Japan consumer action; we’ve got the details

Advertising / Beer / Labeling / Suits
March 1, 2019

There’s finally an end to the Asahi Beer class action saga. A breif recap...

TTB's updates to the distilled spirits labeling and advertising regulations

Are you ready for the TTB’s new alcoholic beverage labeling and advertising regs that would change distilled spirits labeling practices? (New TTB advertising and labeling rules Part 9)

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February 28, 2019

Last time, in Part 8 of our series on the TTB’s “Notice No. 176”...

So you want to have your own Goose Island field goal challenge. A brief primer sweepstakes and skill contests.

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February 21, 2019

The Goose Island field goal challenge took the “you can’t buy this kind of...

Killian's Red Ad from Sport's Illustrated February 14 1994 Donald Newcombe likeness

Remember that time Don Newcombe took on Coors over that Killian’s Red advertisement and advanced the cause of sports celebrities and the use of their likenesses?

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February 20, 2019

The passing of civil rights pioneer Don Newcombe has stirred many kind tributes and...

Image of Olympia Beer Can from False Advertising Complaint

Facing false advertising suit, Olympia Beer removed the words “pure mountain water” from its website. Does that help or hurt?

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February 19, 2019

Olympia Beer is currently waiting for a court to decide if its various branding,...

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Are you ready for the TTB’s new alcoholic beverage labeling and advertising regs that would change more wine labeling practices? (New TTB advertising and labeling rules Part 8)

Advertising / Import / Export / Labeling / Regulations / Statutes / TTB / Vineyard / Wine / Winemaking
February 12, 2019

Last time, in Part 7 of our series on the TTB’s “Notice No. 176”...