Craft beer and trademark theft.

Beer labels do need TTB label certification but it's not specifically (see underlined exception) for trademark protection.

Likewise, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says they do not enforce the use of trademarks:

 

You should shoot a promotional video for this release:

 

Good point. I tell people all of the time that trademark law remains sort of "all over the place" despite the feds getting involved back in the 1940's.

 

And thanks for the well-wishes. Thanks also for posting so many SD brews to BA!

 

So close, but I don't see the dinosaur being pegged

 

@Leighton_ will do a more complete job with his video.

Cheers!

 

Well, that beer is a play on the Simpsons

Enjoy

 

Don't threaten me with a good time

 

God bless Prairie Home Companion. What great free subtle humor and entertainment for decades. I use Pick Up and Drop Off for my legal concerns. Russian, but OK.

 

Perhaps you're thinking of another NPR show, Car Talk, but the name of law firm itself dates back to another pair of brothers - to Moe, Larry (not a relative) & Curly and likely even further.

 

It was mentioned above but my 'inspiration' was:



Cheers!

 

If it involves pegging probably should be a pirate themed brewery, no?

 

I can tell you EXACTLY why it's so rampant.

1) It's easier to riff off a design than create a new one
2) You are leaning on sometimes millions or billions of dollars spent advertising that other brand. You gain name recognition and/or nostalgia.
3) Breweries are often not punished much or at all
and the big one
4) It can go viral / sell lots of beer

Why do you think breweries are so keen to put candy or breakfast cereal in their beers? See above. They can also add artificial colors and flavors in a guilt-free way.

 

Yep. The Magliozzi brothers from Boston. My bad.......At least I was on the correct station.

 

It was the Magliozzi brothers from Boston. I was all conflated!

 

The President and CEO of the Brewers Association supports trademark infringement, especially if the brewery is pimping the BA's "Independent" kickback logo on the label.

https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/sig...ar-gets-shoutout-from-brewers-association-ceo

https://twitter.com/BobPease/status/1102594557336727557

 

The Good Beer Hunting article is from 2019. I took note of:

"These kinds of decisions may also go against the Brewers Association’s Marketing and Advertising Code, which doesn’t directly address issues of trademark or copyright infringement, but does say that marketing by members “should be representative of the values, ideals and integrity of a diverse culture and free of any derogatory or discriminatory messages or imagery.”

I wonder why they don't update the code to explicitly address trademark and copyright infringement?

Cheers!

 

Ambition and greed generally outlast merit.

 

I feel like greed can be a bit overstated in this case. Many breweries aren't raking in piles of cash, merely trying to survive. They probably do it because they think it's funny and will be effective marketing.

 

Probably because many of their paying members are guilty of it to some degree.