We’ve all heard it before, a brewery releases a beer into the market and is slapped in the face with a cease and desist from another company for either their… Read More

“Forties at 4” was a time-honored Friday tradition among my engineering classmates in college. After our last class, several of them would purchase Miller (if we could find it in… Read More

Show of hands of every one who has heard of Phyllis Schlafly. OK, so none of you? Well, apparently Phyllis is a conservative activist, mostly known for opposing the Equal… Read More

With 4,600+ craft breweries, and with only so many hop puns that are mathematically possible, trademark issues are inevitable. Luckily, many of these disputes are never made public as the… Read More

A message to @JohnCena & the @WWE: We have a chokehold called the Cease & Desist. Pretty sure we see you? pic.twitter.com/AKWjUEXiUj — Pabst Blue Ribbon (@PabstBlueRibbon) May 27, 2016… Read More

You’re working hard to develop a strong brand and market for your craft beer — and developing and registering trademarks for your brewery and beer names is a great way… Read More

Jack Mormon. The Real Shit. Nut Sack Double Brown Ale. Each were applications for beer-related trademarks the USPTO rejected as disparaging or scandalous. But no more. Last week the Federal… Read More

Fresh off completing a successful equity round of $1,225,000, Bryn Mawr Brewing announced it is changing its name to Utepils Brewing, the name of the holding company. The word “utepils”… Read More

OvalOptions for Conflict Management is offering its Brewery Mediation Network (BMN) service in areas nationwide. The program aims to help connect craft breweries with local providers of mediation, facilitation and… Read More

Beyond stating that this is an update to the dumbest craft beer trademark infringement story ever, this post should need no introduction, but if you missed it, we quote ourselves:… Read More