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Craft Brewers Are Running Out Of Names, And Into Legal Spats
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Posted on 01/05/2015 9:38:19 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
Columbia? Taken. Mississippi? Taken. Sacramento? El Niño? Marlin? Grizzly? Sorry, they're all taken.
Virtually every large city, notable landscape feature, creature and weather pattern of North America as well as myriad other words, concepts and images has been snapped up and trademarked as the name of either a brewery or a beer. For newcomers to the increasingly crowded industry of more than 3,000 breweries, finding names for beers, or even themselves, is increasingly hard to do without risking a legal fight.
Candace Moon, aka The Craft Beer Attorney, is a San Diego lawyer who specializes in helping brewers trademark ideas and also settle disputes. Moon tells The Salt she has never seen a brewery intentionally infringe upon another's trademarked name, image or font style. Yet, with tens of thousands of brands in the American beer market, it happens all the time.
"There are only so many words and names that make sense with beer, so it's not surprising that many people will come up with the same ideas," Moon says.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: beer; craftbeer; holdmuhbeer; trademark
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To: GeronL
“Panther Whizz Rules...Dewd!” with an iron paw
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01/06/2015 7:47:14 AM PST
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MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: a fool in paradise
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01/06/2015 7:55:08 AM PST
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MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: InvisibleChurch
beer
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01/06/2015 8:06:03 AM PST
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Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Defiant
Maybe I should get a food truck and offer up Miso Honey Soup at $10 a bowl.
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01/06/2015 8:07:27 AM PST
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a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: MeshugeMikey
Yes, Vergina, there is a Santa beer.
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01/06/2015 8:11:19 AM PST
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a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: a fool in paradise
theres a local beer..named Censored....
I have no idea how that happened..
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01/06/2015 8:12:45 AM PST
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MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: tnlibertarian
Dont forget Stune My Beebeer
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01/06/2015 8:14:00 AM PST
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a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: a fool in paradise
And if you can’t sell it, turn it into beer.
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01/06/2015 9:15:41 AM PST
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Defiant
(How does a President reverse the actions of a dictator? An initial transition may be needed.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Iron Paw could be another name!
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01/06/2015 10:54:59 AM PST
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GeronL
To: a fool in paradise
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01/07/2015 2:35:48 AM PST
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Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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