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BeerBlotter.com: The Big Battle Over Initiative 1100 & 1105

***This post was originally published on BeerBlotter.com, a seattle beer blog, to which I regularly offer commentary.*** Well, its getting even more interesting. The battle over Washington State Initiatives 1100 & 1105 is heating up, more and more, each and every day. In case you don’t know, Initiative 1100 was introduced back in June 2010 [...]

TTB and USDA Work Together to Review “Organic” in Labels and Advertising

The Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a new Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to the use of the term “Organic” on alcoholic beverage labels. Of course, this news is of utter importance to brewers, especially those in the NW who have focused on brewing organically. We learned about [...]

Black Raven Brewing Loses Trademark Battle Against Wine Producer

This is somewhat of a travesty – but truly the way that trademark law works. Yesterday, June 21, 2010, Black Raven Brewing Co. lost a trademark battle over its “Black Raven Brewing Company” name and mark design.  The story was first reported over at Seattle Beer News. The challenge was brought by Franciscan Vineyards, who [...]