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Check us out: Craft Brewing Business – Part 3
Being the savvy businessperson that you are, you have been diligently following our trademark series here at
Distribution Contracts: What to Know Before You Sign
Contracts are a fact of life. You sign them as an individual and that will hold true for your brewery the more you grow and expand. That being said, when it comes time to distribute, there are unique considerations required…
Top 10 Legal Mistakes Made By Craft Breweries
In business, regardless of industry, mistakes will be made. While many of the mistakes we see craft breweries make are common to business in general, a few are more specialized to the trade. Below we outline the top 10 legal mistakes start-up breweries make, in no...
Common Craft Beer Trademark Rejections and How To Respond
Hopefully you carefully read the first three parts of our look at craft brewing trademark selection and application (part 1 and part 2 and part 3) . But even if you did, took copious notes, committed it all to memory and executed it, you still may run the risk of...
Beyond Brewing Business Basics Bulletin – February 2014 Edition
Step one: you made some darn good beer. But here is the kicker: that (relatively speaking) was the easy part. Beer is your passion, which is why of course you started a brewery. But what do you call it? Naming…
Check us out: Craft Brewing Business – Part 2
In part I of our trademark series, we went through the steps that go into choosing the perfect (and trademarkable) name for your brand. Now it is time to make sure that brand is wholly your own. The history of trademarks after all is the ability to...
Check us out: Craft Brewing Business
Naming your brewery and your beer is a vital part of any business because those names are how your customers find you, recommend you to their buddies and rave about you online. That name is how you develop a…
Trademark rights – how do I gain them in my mark?
I find that a lot of people are relatively unclear as to what actually gives you rights in a trademark.