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New York Continues to Change It’s Laws to Promote NY Craft Beverage Manufacturers and Retailers
by evansfox | Jul 20, 2016 | Retail Liquor License
New York continues to change its laws to promote NY craft beverage manufacturers and retailers. New laws are on the horizon. Let’s look at what to expect in 2016: A new law will allow restaurants and bars to sell alcoholic beverages at 10 am on Sundays. In addition,...
Is Your Craft Beverage Production Facility In Compliance With the Clean Water Act?
by evansfox | Jul 18, 2016 | Brewery & Cidery, Craft Beverage Branding, Distillery, Retail Liquor License
D.G. Yuengling and Son Inc. settled with the EPA relating to 141 alleged Clean Water Act (CWA) violations where it will pay $2.8 million in fines. The Pennsylvania brewery will pay $2.8 million penalty, plus approximately $7 million in promised wastewater system...
Beware of Trademark Scams!
by evansfox | May 11, 2016 | Trademark
Our law firm has received a number of inquiries related to recent trademark scam. One of our business clients, Lugia’s Ice Cream, has kindly sent us documents to show all of our clients. These scams will pull your contact information from the United States Patent...
Retail licensees consider yourself warned … no excuses!
by evansfox | May 9, 2016 | General Business
Retail licensees should step-up ID practices to avoid violations during the recently announced state-wide multi-agency compliance enforcement effort. The police can issue a criminal summons to appear in criminal court and that same report can be used again by the...
Latest Revisions to Liquor Store Applications
by evansfox | Apr 14, 2016 | Retail Liquor License
The Authority has revised the Liquor Store and Wine Store application to assist applicants in providing more complete and accurate information and complying with all mandatory requirements. The primary changes include: a revision to the application checklist to verify...
Blondes don’t always have more fun (or trademarks)!
by evansfox | Mar 22, 2016 | Trademark
Blondes don’t always have more fun (or trademarks)! Consent or co-existence agreements may no longer be sufficient to overcome a refusal based or likelihood of confusion. A co-existence agreement is used when two businesses have similar marks but in good faith don’t...
AWE, MAN! DON’T TAKE AWAY THE COOL STUFF!
by evansfox | Mar 20, 2016 | Copyright, General Business, Patent
Those cool new car features that allow integrated on board car cameras and multi-purpose navigation devices might be short lived. The music industry groups are suing Ford, GM and other car manufacturers for copyright infringement and failing to pay music royalties...
One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to contracts
by evansfox | Mar 20, 2016 | Brewery & Cidery, Craft Beverage Branding, Distillery, General Business, Restaurants & Bar, Retail Liquor License, Wineries
Many employers download “standard” employment agreements from internet resources to use in their employee on-boarding process. In fact, some payroll service providers provide subscriptions to online forms collections as a value add to their payroll services. These...
Including Kitchen Workers in tipping pools
by evansfox | Mar 20, 2016 | General Business, Restaurants & Bar, Retail Liquor License
The courts in part of the country (9th Circuit covering California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Arizona) are supporting the US Department of Labor’s attack on restaurants who include kitchen workers in tipping pools. The rule is clear:...
Bottle trade dress
by evansfox | Mar 20, 2016 | Brewery & Cidery, Craft Beverage Branding, Distillery, General Business, Restaurants & Bar, Retail Liquor License, Wineries
Dan Aykroyd’s Crystal Head Vodka sued Elements Spirits for making a similar skull shaped tequila bottle with the KAH Day of the Dead Tequila brand. The bottle design is a protected trade dress since it serves as an indicator of source of the product in the same way...
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