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At the Bar With Bowditch

A Legal Blog for the Craft Brewing Community

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No THC with ABV: Commission Blocks Marijuana in Alcoholic Beverages

Beer Laws, Liquor Laws, Policies • June 1, 2018

Trademark written out on wooden cubes.

Six Things You Didn’t Know About Trademarks

Trademark • May 7, 2018

Coors beer barrels.

Following the Stone Brewing-MillerCoors Trademark Dispute: MillerCoors Responds

Trademarking • May 1, 2018

Glass of Stone Brewing IPA.

Like a Rolling STONE: Stone Brewing’s Trademark Dispute with MillerCoors

Trademarking • April 9, 2018

Beer in a plastic cup next to a baseball at a game.

Yer Out! MLB Tells the New York Yankees They Can’t Put Players’ Faces on Beer

Beer Laws, Liquor Laws • April 5, 2018

Beer production plant, several rows of steel tanks.

Legal Basics: Starting a Brewery 101

Owning the Brewery • April 2, 2018

Wooden vintage retro style beer crane.

10 Things to Consider Before Opening a Brewery

Owning the Brewery, Trademarking • March 19, 2018

Beer Bottles on a conveyer belt.

Beer Franchise Law: Can Brewers and Distributors Craft a Resolution?

Beer Laws, Policies • February 27, 2018

Group of friends cheersing with glasses of beer.

Craft Brewers Raising Their Glasses to the Beer Excise Tax

Taxes • February 6, 2018

Brew tanks.

Employment Trends in the Brewing Industry

Employment • January 19, 2018

Trademark symbol.

Going “Medieval” on Trademark Enforcement

Trademarking • January 17, 2018

Line of glasses of different beers.

Cheers to Lifting Blue Laws on Pub Brewers

Liquor Laws, Policies • January 16, 2018