What questions should you ask about your advertising and labels before making them public?
Beverage producers should take a lesson from the recent media hullabaloo over Hearst Communications’...
Category: Wine
U.S. files response in craft brewery’s First Amendment case for TTB’s failure to grant COLAs during shutdown; brewer replies (we’ve got the briefs – argument is this afternoon)
Recap: For those of you not following the fun, Atlas Brew Works out of...
BREAKING: We’ve got the oral argument audio in important SCOTUS liquor case for you – Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers v. Blair (Byrd)
Fresh from the United States Supreme Court here is the oral argument audio in...
What the new Illinois “of value” regulations say about tap takeovers and donations to charitable causes. (Illinois’s new “of value” standards Part 3.)
You can read and download the full text of the of new Illinois “of...
Why craft brewer’s 1st Amendment lawsuit over the lack of COLAs during the shutdown is necessary and you should thank them; and how it might have been avoided.
In this article by the Washington Times on the matter (and in the complaint...
Updated: Oral Argument Transcript. It’s Byrd Day – 100 years to the day after the ratification of the 18th Amendment. Check back for oral argument transcripts this afternoon.
Exactly 100 years after the ratification of the 18th Amendment and one day before...
Winery cannot avoid contractual forum selection provision in dispute with distributor – a good clause lets you choose where a suit or arbitration will take place
A little background on this dispute. Westside Winery, Inc., contracted with Pasternak Wine Imports...
Are portions of the Federal Regulations and the Federal Alcohol Administration Act governing alcohol labeling and advertising FUCT?
The Supreme Court just granted cert in the Patent and Trademark Office’s appeal of...
ACLU files brief against Missouri’s unconstitutional alcohol advertising laws – here are the briefs in the important Missouri Broadcasters First Amendment alcohol advertising 8th Circuit appeal
The state filed the final reply brief yesterday (links to all the briefs below)....
What the new Illinois “of value” regulations say about using social media. (Illinois’s new “of value” standards Part 2.)
Today we continue our updates regarding the Illinois Liquor Control Commission’s new regulations governing...
Wine consumers file crowdfunded amicus brief in Byrd (Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Assoc. v. Blair)
This is really cool, and my name’s on it. I’m pleased to report that...
Court keeps Bogle Vineyards’ claim of trademark confusion against Next Wine alive despite Bogle’s arguing “no confusion” in the trademark office proceedings.
It’s called “prosecution history estoppel,” it’s a patent doctrine, not a trademark doctrine. And...
