Knocking Down Heaven’s Door?
A few weeks back, I wrote about the new foray into the whiskey business by a certain Nobel laureate. Mr. Dylan’s new venture, Heaven’s Door, takes its name from one…
Category: Intellectual Property
R&J – Act II, Scene II
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; Ok – true confessions time. I’m a bit of a word and…
Old No. 7
This past week saw the good folks at Jack Daniels (or – more accurately, Jack Daniels Properties, Inc., the subsidiary of Brown-Forman which owns and manages the Jack Daniels’ trademarks…
Where do the Buffalo Roam?
Two days ago, Buffalo Trace owner (and serial litigant) Sazerac, found itself on the wrong end of a lawsuit involving its trademark. The case – Sazerac Company Inc. v. Fetzer Vineyards…
Not Everything is Awesome
This past week I had the good fortune to attend the kick-off event for the marketing of Proof – the annual event held by the Washington Distillers Guild as a…
Blew out my flip flop
As a young couple in central Florida, my eventual wife and I engaged in a somewhat unusual form of courtship. We spent a lot of time fishing – with her mother. There…
Psst. Can you keep a secret?
One of the fun things about talking with smaller companies in the spirits industry is that they’re often very open. It is a very welcoming community – filled with individuals who,…
Deception
Recently, I was asked by the good folks at The Whiskey Reviewer to provide a few thoughts on the ongoing lawsuit involving Old Charter Bourbon. Essentially, the case boils down to…
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