Farley Finster’s Comments

• Aug 27th, 2015 @ 9:11am

  Re: Re: A little late...

  on Drunken Monarchy Fight: King Of Beers V. Queen Of Beers In Trademark Tussle
  Warsteiner was one of five brands last year to share a €106m fine for price-fixing over 2006-08. Parent AB-InBev managed to avoid getting hit for this.
  
  Sorry for the self-reply comment completion. I accidentally clipped this bit when posting and there's still not even a brief comment edit period here.
• Aug 27th, 2015 @ 9:07am

  Re: A little late...

  on Drunken Monarchy Fight: King Of Beers V. Queen Of Beers In Trademark Tussle
  Warsteiner is one of AB-InBev's brands. I dropped in to point out that they have this phrase already and have been using it (in German) in the US since at least 1991.
  
  AB's aggressive stance is surprising; the size and reach of the company has have them concerned about running afoul of cartel and monopoly laws. Print media in the EU already tends to refer to the conglomerate as a cartel.
• Oct 30th, 2014 @ 8:53am

  Functional product features

  on Pizzeria Attempts To Trademark The Flavor Of Pizza. Yes, Seriously.
  As anyone who ever heated up a frozen pizza can confirm there's a good argument to be made for flavour being "trade dress".