Craft breweries naming beers after popular celebrities and brands is not uncommon. It’s also not uncommon to find yourself confronted with legal difficulties when you don’t dot the i’s and cross the t’s by contacting the source of your inspiration. Via – SF Gate
UK – CAMRA bans discriminatory labels at beer festival
Beers with “discriminatory names or artwork” have been banned at CAMRA’s flagship event, the Great British Beer Festival, taking place this week in London. All of the festival’s beers, ciders and perries have been checked to ensure they meet CAMRA’s charter and code of conduct. The festival chose Stonewall as this years charity of choice… Read More…
Penn State files lawsuit against Sports Beer Brewing for trademark infringement
Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA) has filed a lawsuit against Sports Beer Brewing for trademark infringement, alleging that it is exploiting its ‘Penn State’ and ‘Nittany Lions’ trademarks. On its website, the Florida-based company owned by Paul Parshall, Sports Beer describes itself as “an intellectual property holding company” with a collection of “sports trademarks,… Read More…
Pete Coors Takes on Aluminum Tariffs
Pete Coors, in an op-ed column in the Wall Street Journal, gave the thumbs down to President Trumps notion that tariffs can be “avoided.” Coors, vice chairman of the Molson Coors Brewing Co., wrote “according to President Trump, tariffs can be ‘completely avoided if you buy from a non-Tariffed Country, or you buy the product… Read More…
US Supreme Court Grants Big Victory for Direct Shipments
The US Supreme Court handed down a major opinion yesterday in a historic ruling that could allow brewers to skip middle-tier distribution networks across the country by allowing retailers to ship across state lines directly to consumers. By a surprisingly large 7-2 majority the Court affirmed a lower court in striking down a Tennessee… Read More…
Tax Relief Bill a Step Closer to One Year Extension
The House Ways and Means Committee passed a one-year extension of the federal excise tax relief for alcohol producers and importers as part of the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019, bringing the recalibrated federal excise taxes (FET) for breweries, wineries, and distilleries one step closer. Under H.R. 3301, the FET… Read More…
Texas Gov. Signs Off-Sale Retail Bill
Texas finally joined the rest of the country this last weekend when Governor Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 1545 that will allow breweries in the state to sell beer to go. The law will take effect on Sept. 1st. The bill was initially opposed by the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas evidently… Read More…
Brewing Jobs Continue to Grow Despite Slow Growth
The annual Beer Serves America study, released by the Beer Institute and the National Beer Wholesalers Association shows that the number of jobs in the brewing industry has increased 8% since 2016 even though the beer sales overall were down 2.4%. Most of the new jobs were created by the craft sector, which grew by… Read More…
Trump Tariff Impact on Mexican Imports
The price of number one import Corona and other fast-growing Mexican beers will likely increase as President Donald Trump announced on yesterday that he will impose a stiff tariff on imported goods from Mexico starting June 10th until “such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico” stop. The proposed tariff, which will start… Read More…
New Rules for New Jersey Brewers
The roller coaster ride of conflicting ABC regulations on New Jersey craft brewers seems to have come to an end – at least for now. The roller coaster ride of conflicting ABC regulations on New Jersey craft brewers seems to have come to an end – at least for now. Eight months after… Read More…
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