Anheuser Wins Again Pursuing Claims Against Ex-Employee Associated With Alcohol Content False Advertising Suits
In case you don’t remember, back in 2013 we shed some light on a...
Category: Beer
Craft Brewers Need to Watch This Texas Dispute Over Getting Money From Wholesalers For Selling Distribution Rights – State Files Opening Brief in Appeal of Challenge to Texas Brewer’s Ability to Sell Their Distribution Rights for Payment
It used to be that brewers signed with wholesalers and gave up their self-distribution...
Using A Photograph in Advertising or On Your Label? Better Make Sure You Have Rights From the Photographer AND the People In It. Natty Light Sued In Lawsuit Over Using Photograph From Social Media Contest.
Ensure that you get the proper releases if you’re using a photograph with human...
Bud Light Lime Lime-a-Rita not False Advertising Says – 9th Circuit … Compared to a Fictional Budweiser Lime-a-Rita or a Margarita
The 9th Circuit has upheld the District Court decision dismissing the false advertising case...
Example Agreements: Licensing Your Brand To Create Chackies For Your Distributors and Customers
People love to wear branded stuff. I accept this as a general truth. The...
Sapporo Wins “Not Made In Japan” Lawsuit – Havana Club and Red Stripe Opinions Are Gaining Steam as Precedent for Beer False Origin Lawsuits
“If I wanted American beer, I would have bought Budweiser” – that’s what the...
Use a Foreign Word In Your Beverage Name? Better Make Sure It’s English Equivalent Isn’t Already Trademarked and Vice Versa
If a = b, then b = a. In math, it’s called the “symmetric...
Kona Brewing Sued For Falsely Advertising It’s Made in Hawaii
Kona Brewing prides itself on its Hawaiian origins. Take a look at that website,...
Sazerac Sues Distiller Over Fireball Trade Dress – What Do You Think?
That picture pretty much sums up the gist of this complaint that Sazerac has...
Oral Argument Video of Challenge to Alcohol Advertising Tied-House Regulations at 9th Circuit
As we said we would yesterday, here is the video of the oral argument...
Tied-House Challenge To Allow Alcohol Advertising Payments to Retailers Has Oral Argument In Front of En Banc 9th Circuit – Here’s a Live Link!
Officially, you can view 9th Circuit oral arguments here the day after they occur....
Is it really a “tied-house” if your alcoholic beverage category isn’t sold by the retailer?
In a recent and interesting challenge to the three-tiered system’s prohibition on “tied-houses” a...
