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Trade Mark

Navigating the minefield of trade marks and craft beer

October 30, 2015 by Josh Henderson

Your microbrewery receives a trade mark cease and desist letter from a lawyer. What do you do? What should you have done? IP expert Josh Henderson discusses the issues.

Category: Features Tagged: Trade Mark

Trade mark stoush looms over ‘Pacific Ale’

May 8, 2015 by Matt Kirkegaard

A row could be looming over the use of the name Pacific Ale, with a Melbourne brewer claiming it as a generic style.

Category: Features Tagged: Pacific Ale, Pale Ale, Thunder Road Brewery, Trade Mark

A Wayward win in David vs Goliath trademark battle

July 16, 2014 by Media Release

Wayward Brewing has been victorious in its battle with multinational giant brewer SABMiller India to register its trade mark WAYWARD for beer in Australia..

Category: Media Releases, News Tagged: SABMiller, Trade Mark, Wayward Brewing

A Cold War: The battle of Budweiser

March 6, 2014 by Stephen S Holden

Stephen Holden takes a look at beer names, geography and history and how they relate to the fascinating world of beer marketing and branding….

Category: Features Tagged: Bohemia, Budvar, Budweiser, České Budějovice, marketing, Samson, Trade Mark

CUB: We love our brands…to death.

January 24, 2014 by Matt Kirkegaard

CUB loves its heritage brands so much, it continues to make more of them…heritage brands that is, not beer.

Category: Features Tagged: Bluetongue, CUB, Trade Mark

What’s a brand and what’s a beer?

January 31, 2013 by Matt Kirkegaard

So, exactly what is this “medal-winning” “Byron Bay Pale Lager” to which they refer?

Category: Features, Open Letter Tagged: Barry Schadel, Byron Bay Brewery, Byron Bay Pale Lager, comb-overgate, CUB, Trade Mark

Thunder Road takes the road less travelled

June 7, 2012 by Leon Sammartino

In his first post for Australian Brews News, Leon Sammartino looks at the court case battle over dome of CUB’s oldest trade marks…

Category: Features Tagged: Ballarat Bitter, Bulimba Gold Top, marketing, Thunder Road Brewery, Trade Mark

New brewery trademarks ‘Any Beer’

April 1, 2012 by Avril Scherz

Please note: yes, this was an April Fool’s gag except Monteith’s really have trademarked Radler and an Australian brewery has indeed tried to register Australian Ale and Australian lager… A newly established brewery has courted controversy by trademarking the name ‘Any Beer’ and is seeking to prevent publicans from serving other beers when patrons request “any beer”…. Read more →

Category: News Tagged: Any Beer, Any Brewery, Trade Mark

A tale of competing beer days

August 4, 2011 by Media Release

Maybe it’s irony that on International IPA Day, the day that celebrates one of the most flavoursome of commonly available craft beers , CUB has published a release commemorating International Beer Day and tying it to one of the least flavoursome – or ‘super crisp’ – beers on the market today. Of course, while IPA… Read more →

Category: Events Tagged: CUB, Great Northern Brewing Co, International Beer Day, IPA Day, Trade Mark

It had to happen…

July 22, 2011 by Editor

A Hitler’s Downfall parody of DB Breweries’ ridiculous trade mark over the style name ‘Radler’ was inevitable. The only question was how good it would be. The answer: priceless.

Category: Features Tagged: DB Breweries, Radler, Trade Mark

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