by evansfox | Jun 22, 2018
Stone Brewing Company, a San Diego craft brewer filed an opposition against a trademark application filed by William Cole Vineyards seeking to register the marks “Stonemanor” and “Stonelady” for wine. The Trademark Office generally finds that...
by evansfox | Jun 22, 2018
TTB will not approve any formulas or labels for alcohol beverage products that contain marijuana. The federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), defines marijuana as all parts of the Cannabis sativa L. plant (and its derivatives) including tetrahydrocannabinols (THC),...
by evansfox | Jan 27, 2018
One of the ways to resolve a trademark dispute is to agree to sell a product under a different brand name in a territory where a competitor is using the same or a confusingly similar name. This can happen when companies rely on common law trademark rather than federal...
by evansfox | Dec 21, 2017
Before entering into a distribution agreement, brewers, distillers, wineries and cideries should do their homework. This company is being entrusted with your sales and can make or break your business and penetration into new markets. You need rock star distributors on...
by evansfox | Dec 20, 2017
Expansion of production capacity can be capital intensive and finding a location can take some time. One alternative is to use contract brewing to supplement your current production. Contract brewing is a business arrangement where a brewer hires an existing brewery...
by evansfox | Dec 19, 2017
If you are a shareholder in a C-corp or a small business closely held corporation (sometimes called “S-corps”), you probably remember when you formed the entity that maintaining your corporation require compliance in a number of different formalities, especially that...
