As media attention on Dry July enters full swing, recent trade mark activity suggests a continued surge of entrants for the NoLo category. During the three-month period of April to June 2022, 364 tra...
This week, the team discuss the IBA’s 10-year roadmap for the industry, disaster proofing for breweries and no-alc trade mark activity. IBA’s 10-year roadmap out for consultation Disaster-proofi...
No-alcohol trade mark applications are on the rise with recent numbers indicating significant growth for the trend. Within the three month period of January to March 2022, 211 trade mark applications...
The safest brand names for breweries to trade mark are those comprised of made up or arbitrary words, advises intellectual property lawyer James Omond. Omond, founder of the Australian Beverage Trade ...
Stone & Wood can proceed to register the trade mark ‘Pacific Ale’ after Thunder Road failed to establish either of its grounds of opposition in a hearing before the Australian Trade Marks Office....
AB InBev looks on solid footing to challenge any future usage of the word ‘Pacific’ by brewers, regardless of the outcome of trade mark battles between Stone & Wood and Thunder Road....
Thunder Road Brewing Co has welcomed its Pacific Ale court win against Stone & Wood, while the Northern Rivers brewer maintains the proceedings were about “making a stand for originality and creativit...
Stone & Wood failed to establish its misleading or deceptive conduct, passing off and trade mark infringement claims against Thunder Road, the Federal Court has ruled....
What do you do if you receive a cease and desist letter for infreinging on a trademark? IP lawyer Josh Henderson discusses some of the issues....
Following similar disputes overseas, a rowcould be looming over the use of the name Pacific Ale, with a Melbourne brewer claiming it as a generic style. Brunswick-based Thunder Road Brewing has recent...
DAVID VS GOLIATH: HOW A SMALL SYDNEY CRAFT BREWER TOOK ON A GLOBAL GIANT AND WON Wayward Brewing has been victorious in its battle with multinational giant brewer SABMiller India to register its trade...
What do Budweiser, VB, Champagne, Byron Bay Pale Lager all have in common? What they have in common is that they are brands that are named for a region where they originated. Using regional names in b...