Anheuser-Busch Trying To Trademark Area Codes For Local Beers
from the drunk-moron-in-a-hurry? dept
Ryan points us to the news that beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev is apparently in the process of trying to trademark various area codes across the country. A few months back AB bought Goose Island, a craft brewer who made a beer called 312... after the local area code in Chicago. Apparently AB liked the idea so much that it's seeking trademarks elsewhere, which (one assumes) it will try to use to offer local beers. Of course, with an operation like AB, you wonder if it won't just package up the same beer for each location...Filed Under: area codes, beers, trademark
Companies: anheuser-busch inbev, goose island
