I’m sure Northern Brewer can empathize with Strange Brewing Co. in Denver after its fallout with Bell’s. But I think this is just nasty on this homebrew shop’s part because it stole from Cream and MGM anyways.
http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2 ... threat.phpI’m not a lawyer, but I think demonstrating that an East Coast HBS is in direct competition with a Colorado beerpub might be tough. Seems like it has about as much merit as a potential suit from Clapton/Baker, et. al. Maybe Disney will sue based on their Marvel subsidiary’s Dr. Strange comics. H**l, I’m pretty weird myself - maybe I should retain counsel.
I’m hoping that the attention to the shop’s site will get the Grateful Dead’s lawyers to sue them for use of the bear logo - instant karma.
Edit: Drats, they took it down already.
I’ve been to Strange Brew to buy stuff before, even though they aren’t my LHBS. Sad to see them take this position against Strange Brewing Company. It’s not productive behavior in an industry that is tough enough as it is.
Also, I encourage folks to send the owner of Strange Brew a short note encouraging him to knock it off: http://www.home-brew.com/x/help.php?sec … ode=update
If Strange Brew decides to go through with this legal actions, I will not shop there again.
+1 on the dancing bear infringement.
If I named my homebrew store “Ghostbusters” and someone called their brewery “Ghostbuster Brewery”. I probably wouldn’t seek legal action…since I stole the name too.
darn right. give the Canadians the credit, or take off hosers!
One New Year’s Eve, some friends of mine decided to watch Strange Brew and take a drink whenever someone said “eh”.
We were all tanked half-way through the movie and I kept barfing in the back yard.
[quote=“s2y”]One New Year’s Eve, some friends of mine decided to watch Strange Brew and take a drink whenever someone said “eh”.
We were all tanked half-way through the movie and I kept barfing in the back yard.[/quote]
hahahahahahahaha! hahahahhahaha! That is funny. The barfing in the bak yard part at least.
well i think the owner of the home brew shop figured out he F-ed up on this one. he had to take his Facebook page down earlier because of all the negative feed back. i just do not see how someone could confuse a microbrewery with a HBS, the microbrewery does not sell home brew items, and the home brew shop does not use the word “Strange” in its URL. the kicker of this whole thing is that the lawyer from the home brew shop lives in CO and his office is not that far away from the brewery.
https://www.facebook.com/KeepStrangeBrewingStrange https://www.facebook.com/StrangeBrewing?ref=ts&fref=tsThere’s a brewpub and a brewery having a similar fight here in mpls.
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/blog/law/2012/11/who-went-north-first-in-brewpub.html
Several years ago a small brewpub in OR called itself Victory brewing. Problem was that there was already a Victory brewing back in PA. They ended up changing their name.
I find it interesting that a home brew shop in central Massachusetts would retain an attorney 2,000 miles away in Denver Colorado for this legal action. I would think it would be more convenient to use an attorney that was more local.
I also find it interesting that the Denver attorney’s office is about 2 miles from the brewery.
[quote=“Brewbeer22”]I find it interesting that a home brew shop in central Massachusetts would retain an attorney 2,000 miles away in Denver Colorado for this legal action. I would think it would be more convenient to use an attorney that was more local.
I also find it interesting that the Denver attorney’s office is about 2 miles from the brewery.[/quote]
Got me to wondering if it was the lawyer making the fuss. What if he called that HB shop owner up and said “Hey buddy, you wanna make a quick and easy buck?”
[quote=“mvsawyer”][quote=“Brewbeer22”]I find it interesting that a home brew shop in central Massachusetts would retain an attorney 2,000 miles away in Denver Colorado for this legal action. I would think it would be more convenient to use an attorney that was more local.
I also find it interesting that the Denver attorney’s office is about 2 miles from the brewery.[/quote]
Got me to wondering if it was the lawyer making the fuss. What if he called that HB shop owner up and said “Hey buddy, you wanna make a quick and easy buck?”[/quote]
My thoughts exactly.
The HBS responded to all the publicity. Turns out he was going to open a brewery and must have wanted to take Strange Brewing Company’s name. Since he’d already trademarked Strange Brew I guess he figured he could go after them for the name. How anyone can trademark Strange Brew is beyond me, though, considering its obvious other uses.
