Mister D
09-19-2011, 08:01 AM
Figured Cap't O must be familiar with this Pittisburgh classic. I never heard of it.
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PITTSBURGH - Two local brewers are battling over the rights to resurrect Fort Pitt Beer, the post-World War II king of Pittsburgh beers.
Jones Brewing Co. of Smithton, which has brewed Fort Pitt, is vying for the rights to the latest iteration of the beer with Duke Brewing's Mark Dudash, an Upper St. Clair lawyer who resurrected Duquesne beer last year.
Jones Brewing, which makes beers under the Stoney's label, has received federal and state approval for a Fort Pitt label. But Dudash said that Jones let the trademark for Fort Pitt lapse and that he acquired the rights to the brand when he registered the Fort Pitt trademark in 2009.
"The circuit courts are clear. Once it lapses, it lapses," Dudash said. "They're going to run this into the market, and my position is they don't have any legs to stand on."
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20110919_Two_brewers_battle_for_rights_to_historic _Pittsburgh_beer_label.html
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PITTSBURGH - Two local brewers are battling over the rights to resurrect Fort Pitt Beer, the post-World War II king of Pittsburgh beers.
Jones Brewing Co. of Smithton, which has brewed Fort Pitt, is vying for the rights to the latest iteration of the beer with Duke Brewing's Mark Dudash, an Upper St. Clair lawyer who resurrected Duquesne beer last year.
Jones Brewing, which makes beers under the Stoney's label, has received federal and state approval for a Fort Pitt label. But Dudash said that Jones let the trademark for Fort Pitt lapse and that he acquired the rights to the brand when he registered the Fort Pitt trademark in 2009.
"The circuit courts are clear. Once it lapses, it lapses," Dudash said. "They're going to run this into the market, and my position is they don't have any legs to stand on."
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20110919_Two_brewers_battle_for_rights_to_historic _Pittsburgh_beer_label.html