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...
Category: Trademark
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...
The Public’s View of “Double Barreled” May Decide Trademark Dispute Between Bourbon Makers
A recent trademark decision shows how important consumer survey evidence has become in trademark litigation...
Use Tequila in Your Drink Name? You May Need to Use Another Name. U.S. Trademark Office Makes Tequila the Champagne of Agaves
Marie Gaytán’s “¡Tequila!: Distilling the Spirit of Mexico” is a grand exercise in contextualizing...
Court Issues Instructive Trademark Decision as Brooklyn Brewery Wins Injunction Against Black Ops Brewing Over “Black Ops” Trademark Row
Not every beverage you make will become a brand in itself. Often, nothing you...
More Famous Than Your Lawyers? Why Are You Letting Them Put Your Brand on Their Website Without Compensation?
Do your vendors advertise that they work with you? How about vendors you haven’t...
Diageo Sues Sazerac over Bulleit Bourbon Trade Dress – What Do You Think?
Well, what do you think based on that picture above? It is from this...
DuClaw(s) out at Left Hand Brewery in craft beer trademark dispute over Sawtooth and Black Jack beer names
Left Hand Brewing may have just made the list of the U.S. top 50...
Anchor Steam(ed) up in dispute over use of “Steam” trademark for craft beer by City Steam Brewery
In a lawsuit filed two weeks ago, Anchor Steam Brewery is seeking to enforce...
Website Fan Reviews And Product Descriptions Can Play an Important Role In The Decision to Grant You a Trademark
The folks over at Bourgogne Des Flandres can breathe a little easier after this...
You Need an Approved COLA Before You Have a Valid Trademark?
I’d say it goes without saying, but the recent expansion of wineries, breweries and...
