Posts Tagged: Beer and Law
Canada Don't Need No Stinking Dutch Beer Parties
Posted by on Monday, November 2, 2009 in - 1 comment
It really is embarrassing sometimes, you know, explaining you are... errr... Canadian. Nice people, not ever really going to do anything too crazy people, the sort of people you can leave your car keys with. But just don't expect us to be able to keep up with those international madmen of fun, the …
"...You Have To Make Sure It Is Of A Demonstrable Quality...'
Posted by on Monday, October 26, 2009 in - 5 comments
What an odd statement. Given that the use of the word "quality" is in itself merely a promise of characteristic and not necessarily a good one, it looks like the sort of thing that one might expect from a PR firm working with faceless MegaCo. But it seems to be the position of CAMRA... if this …
I Am Now Tired Of Typing "Vermonster" But...
Posted by on Thursday, October 22, 2009 in - leave a comment
I checked out the US Patent and Trademark Office again and see that Rock Art's application for trademark has been amended on a "proposed" preliminary basis on the same day that the confidential settlement was announced: • Filing Basis: Section 1(a), Use in Commerce: The applicant is using the …
Is It True? Has Vermonster Been Saved??
Posted by on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 in - leave a comment
There seems to be some news happening this suppertime around the Vermonster saga-ette with news today from the website of Rock Art Brewery and via their Twitter account. Vermont Public Radio seems to have a tidbit more than I am seeing elsewhere on the why and the wherefore of the outcome... even …
A Yuengling Can Helps Jail Criminal Gang
Posted by on Saturday, October 17, 2009 in - leave a comment
Not exactly a good beer news item but a good item in the news with a beer angle: a child porn ring was located due to a can of Yuengling Black and Tan appearing in one photo: • "There were clues in those images... The image-enhancement software showed that one of the adults involved had been …
More On That US Trademark Law Facing Vermonster
Posted by on Thursday, October 15, 2009 in - 5 comments
You know, it's fun to learn new things. Today, for example, I learned how to use the search tool at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A great example of open government, you can even see the emails on the Office's file listed as Notation to File - thrill to the bureaucratic reality …
If "Vermonster" Is Confusing - Isn't "Monster" Worse?
Posted by on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 in - 3 comments
Much is being made of a legal claim being brought against Rock Art, a small Vermont brewer, who makes "Vermonster" beer by a premium soda pop maker whose brands include "Monster" energy pop for confusing the brand - especially since the claim is being made in the name of the soda company's plans … read more »
A Beer In Need: XIII, Weyerbacher, Easton, PA
Posted by on Thursday, October 8, 2009 in - 5 comments
So, someone from the Federal sales tax or GST office called and left a message. Seems like when I paid the annual surcharge on the beer blog ads through my bank, well, seems like the bank didn't forward the paperwork with the little stamp on it. Man on the Phone (MOTP) told me they got my money …
Warning: Your Freebie Beer Blogging Ways Are Over!
Posted by on Monday, October 5, 2009 in - 4 comments
A few weeks ago, a wiggling waggy hand rose above the crowd pointing out that there was uncertainty as to who was dabbling in beer blogging in relation to matters in which the blogger had a financial interest. Melissa Cole admitted that there were doubts even about her own writing and that it was …
It Takes An Empire to Make A Measurement Of Beer
Posted by on Monday, September 28, 2009 in - leave a comment
As I thought back about a year ago, I am happy enough to see that the government in the UK is allowing a new 2/3s pint - if only because more choice is better, right? But it is a little odd that the matter of a reasonable pour of a walloping brew is a matter for government intervention. For …
