Tag: alcohol
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Alabama Board to Consider Proposed Beer Purchasing Rule with Privacy Implications
The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) will reportedly vote on a proposed rule requiring brewers to collect personal information from purchasers of beer for off-premises consumption. The proposed rule, which requires gathering a customer’s name, address, age and phone number, follows a rule enacted June 1 allowing craft breweries to sell six-packs, large bottles…
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Report Claims Alcohol Consumption Causes Cancer
Taking issue with language that only loosely links alcohol consumption to increased cancer incidence, an article in the July 2016 issue of Addiction suggests that 5.8 percent of all cancer deaths worldwide are caused by alcohol-attributable cancers of the oropharynx, larynx, esophagus, liver, colon, rectum, and female breast. Jennie Connor, “Alcohol consumption as a cause…
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Bud Light “Caucus” Super Bowl Ad Not Lewd, Beer Institute Review Finds
Following a consumer complaint, the Beer Institute has reviewed Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC’s Super Bowl ad featuring comedians Seth Rogen and Amy Schumer discussing the “biggest caucus in the country” and determined the ad does not violate the industry group’s marketing standards. Under the standards, “advertising and marketing materials should not contain languages or images that…
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Ninth Circuit Revives “Pucker” Trademark Dispute
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Jim Beam Brands Co. in a lawsuit alleging the company infringes JL Beverage’s Johnny Love Vodka® trademarked logo, an image of puckered lips. JL Beverage Co. v. Jim Beam Brands Co., No. 13-17382 (9th Cir., order entered…
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Alcohol Price Increase Would Allegedly Reduce Violence-Related Injuries
A study examining data from 299,381 adults in England and Wales has concluded that a 1-percent increase in alcohol beverage prices would result in 6,000 fewer emergency department (ED) visits for violence-related injuries. Nicholas Page, et al., “Preventing violence-related injuries in England and Wales: a panel study examining the impact of on-trade and off-trade alcohol…
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Diageo to Begin Listing Nutritional Information on Johnnie Walker®
Diageo will reportedly provide nutritional information on its alcohol product packaging, beginning with Johnnie Walker® Red Label. Changes to Smithwick’s® and Guinness® packaging will follow. The global label will reportedly include the product’s alcohol by volume, serving size, calorie and sugar content and allergens, while the U.S. label will mimic the Nutrition Facts panel format…
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Boston Beer Co. Seeks to Trademark “Brexit”
One day after U.K. citizens voted to leave the European Union, Samuel Adams® brewer Boston Beer Co. filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to register “Brexit” for use on hard cider products. U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 87083390 (filed June 24, 2016). Two other applications for Brexit marks were filed the…
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TTAB Refuses to Register Mark for Beer Logo with Empire State Building
Siding with the owners of the Empire State Building, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has refused to register a logo for “NYC Beer” featuring a drawing of the building. ESRT Empire State Bldg. v. Liang, No. 91204122 (T.T.A.B., order entered June 17, 2016). Claiming ownership of a trademark in a line drawing featuring the…