BIG SIX nixed for wine trademark as the big six is generic in the wine world.
The BIG SIX trademark application illustrates how industry terminology, descriptiveness, and genericness affect registration of wine marks.
Tagged: trademark dispute
Here’s the full complaint Three Floyds Brewing filed against Floyd’s Spiked Beverages. Bonus – Untappd shaming
Read Three Floyds’ 2019 trademark complaint against Floyd’s Spiked Beverages, including allegations based on consumer reviews and brand association.
Court rules Patagonia’s lawsuit against Anheuser’s “Patagonia” beer can proceed. Plus pictures to let you decide how you feel about this.
A 2019 ruling allows Patagonia’s beer-branding dispute against Anheuser-Busch to proceed, examining fame, dilution, and marketplace presentation.
MillerCoors v. Stone dispute draws near an end (hopefully) as both sides file for summary judgment. Bonus: We’ve got the briefs for you.
The 2019 summary-judgment briefs in Stone’s Keystone branding dispute frame competing accounts of consumer confusion and trademark scope.
Platform – the beer that recently sold to AB-Inbev – is in a trademark dispute with Bottle Logic over lightbulb marks for craft beer. What do you think?
A 2019 TTAB ruling leaves the craft brewers’ lightbulb-mark dispute for trial, illustrating factual questions in beer-brand confusion analysis.
TTAB finds the the Slinger shot glasses mark is confusingly similar to Liquor Slinger Distilling mark as distilleries often make drinkware
The Liquor Slinger refusal examines similarities between liquor and drinking-glass marks and evidence that distilleries also sell branded drinkware.
More craft brewer on craft brewer violence as Anchor Brewing opposes Yuengling’s filing for an historic “steam” related trademark
A 2019 trademark opposition over a historic steam-brewery name raises questions about beer terminology, brand rights, and industry history.
Here’s the full complaint with exhibits in the Guns N’ Roses lawsuit against Canarchy over the Oskar Blues Guns ‘N’ Rosé beer – #GunsNRose
Read the 2019 complaint and exhibits challenging Oskar Blues’ Guns ‘N’ Rosé beer, with discussion of trademark use and claimed parody.
Here’s how the trademark office just made registration easier for cannabis connected marks following hemp legalization under 2018 Farm Bill.
USPTO’s May 2019 cannabis guidance addresses lawful use in commerce and how the 2018 Farm Bill affects registration of hemp-related trademarks.
Considering using another’s trademark in a hashtag referencing your beverage without permission? Consider carefully.
A trademark dispute illustrates why hashtag format and character limits do not remove the need to satisfy nominative fair-use requirements.
Here’s the complaint Patagonia filed against Anheuser-Busch over their new “Patagonia” Beer
Read Patagonia’s 2019 trademark complaint alleging Anheuser-Busch’s beer branding created an association with the outdoor-clothing company.
MillerCoors beats Stone’s preliminary injunction and attempt to dismiss MillerCoors counterclaims. So Stone releases statement saying it’s a good thing…
A 2019 order denies Stone’s preliminary injunction and permits MillerCoors’ counterclaims to proceed in the Keystone trademark dispute.
