Written by: Wayne F. Reinke for the NYS Brewers Association
People around the world enjoy craft beers. IP attorneys do too, so much so that my firm, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti (HRFM), sponsored a recent Brewers Association Craft Brewers Conference. You can’t help but admire the enthusiasm and dedication of craft brewers. The industry has been growing at a rapid pace. For example, upstate New York alone is home to over 400 craft breweries. The experience at the Conference could not have been better, especially the conversations with and information from craft brewers. In fact, because the experience was so positive, it was thought to give back to the craft brewers and the Brewers Association in the form of the information in this blog post. This post seeks to inform craft brewers of various intellectual property protections they may be able to secure: patents; trademark/service marks; copyright; and trade secrets.
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