In case you haven’t been to your local “packie” lately, craft breweries are popping up faster than a hops vine. Occurring in tandem with this proliferation of breweries and quirky beer names, are incidents of breweries clashing over their names and the names of their products. We’re not the first to discuss this phenomenon, but given ongoing reports of trademark spats, the size of the craft brewery market, and the importance of branding to craft breweries, consideration of trademark issues is critical to anyone involved in commercial craft brewing. With approximately 4,600 breweries operating in the U.S., it can be […]