Lagunitas Closing Chicago Brewery And Taproom After 10 Years
Dave148 wrote:Lagunitas Closing Chicago Brewery And Taproom After 10 Years
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/05/23 ... -10-years/
ronnie_suburban wrote:Dave148 wrote:Lagunitas Closing Chicago Brewery And Taproom After 10 Years
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/05/23 ... -10-years/
You beat me to it. This one never seemed to make much sense but I guess 10 years is a pretty respectable run in the world of beer.
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Midwest Coast Brewing Adding 250-Seat Rooftop Taproom With Retractable Roof. The Near West Side brewery’s outdoor area, which offers views of the Downtown skyline, will open to the public in June.
AaronSinger wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:boudreaulicious wrote:How can you trademark the name of a town? A name that other companies, including a local country club, utilizes? Pretty sure Geographic descriptors can’t be used as trademarks. This is a head scratcher unless they’re just trying to harass a small business.
Ravinia is not the name of a town. As for the rest, there must be some merit or there wouldn't have been an agreement between the two parties in the first place. Ravinia Festival is hardly a bully. They're a not-for-profit organization that does a tremendous amount to support artists and their work.
And don't forget that part of maintaining a trademark is vigorously protecting it. If that's not done, the trademark is at risk (e.g. landmark Xerox case). So, Ravinia Festival probably had little choice here but to defend. But my guess is that the brewing company's hosting live music in their space is the straw that broke the camel's back. That practice could easily lead to customer confusion. In the eyes of the law, that seems to matter.
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In the eyes of the festival's lawyers, anyway. Will be curious to see the outcome.
It's not like the brewery was hosting a music festival or any big acts in competition with the Ravinia Festival, the article said they would have like one person with a guitar in the brewery. And haven't had one in 2 years?
Following a breakdown in settlement talks, the Ravinia Festival Association filed an amended complaint Wednesday against the Ravinia Brewing Company alleging trademark infringement over the use of the "Ravinia" name.
The updated complaint in the federal lawsuit between the music festival and the microbrewery accuses the founders of the brewing company of starting their business with "the express purposes of taking advantage of the name recognition and good will of Ravinia [Festival Association]."
HonestMan wrote:We were at Nik and Ivy in Lockport over the weekend and was very impressed. Great vibe, there is a restaurant next door that deliver food. Live music occasionally and really good beer. Not too far from Joliet.
Is/Was Brewing Opens On Malt Row In Ravenswood This Weekend
Dave148 wrote:Lake Effect Brewing Company is moving forward with plans to build its first taproom after the city approved the sale of a more-than-century-old vacant firehouse in Jefferson Park.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/01/28 ... t-taproom/
Lake Effect Brewery’s Avondale Taproom Starts Construction After Successful Fundraiser
Dave148 wrote:Dave148 wrote:Lake Effect Brewing Company is moving forward with plans to build its first taproom after the city approved the sale of a more-than-century-old vacant firehouse in Jefferson Park.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/01/28 ... t-taproom/Lake Effect Brewery’s Avondale Taproom Starts Construction After Successful Fundraiser
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/08/15 ... undraiser/
AaronSinger wrote:Dave148 wrote:Dave148 wrote:Lake Effect Brewing Company is moving forward with plans to build its first taproom after the city approved the sale of a more-than-century-old vacant firehouse in Jefferson Park.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/01/28 ... t-taproom/Lake Effect Brewery’s Avondale Taproom Starts Construction After Successful Fundraiser
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/08/15 ... undraiser/
The firehouse would've been a cool location, shame that didn't work out. Look forward to their Avondale spot. Always liked walking over to their place when I lived in Jeff Park for tastings and such.
Here are photographs I took a couple of months ago. I had to squeeze the camera lens inside the chain link fence.Dave148 wrote:https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/08/15 ... undraiser/Lake Effect Brewery’s Avondale Taproom Starts Construction After Successful Fundraiser
Dave148 wrote:The Ravinia Festival, whose outdoor stage and rolling lawns come alive each summer with big-name musical acts, is suing Ravinia Brewing Company, a small Highland Park craft brewery within earshot, for trademark infringement.
Filed last month in Chicago federal court, the lawsuit alleges Ravinia Brewing, which sells whimsically named beers and tacos from its modest storefront taproom, violated a since-rescinded 2018 agreement to limit the use of their shared hometown moniker. The restriction was intended to minimize confusion between “world-renowned Ravinia” and a “local restaurant and bar,” the lawsuit alleges.
Ravinia Brewing Company failed to comply with the agreement and more recently “acted blatantly in disregard of the guidelines, further trading on — and infringing — Ravinia’s well-known registered trademark,” the nonprofit festival association alleges.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business ... story.html
Ravinia v Ravinia has reached a resolution. Nearly one year after a trademark fight ended up in Chicago federal court, Ravinia Festival and Ravina Brewing announced a settlement Friday, with the craft brewer agreeing to rebrand.
While the terms of the settlement were not disclosed, Ravinia Brewing plans to abandon its hometown moniker while Ravinia Festival will both drop its trademark infringement lawsuit and help the brewery during the name change. “After considerable discussions, we’ve reached a mutual agreement that puts our disputes behind us and enables us to both move forward,” Ravinia Festival and Ravinia Brewing said in a joint statement. “The agreement affirms Ravinia’s trademarks and provides that Ravinia Brewing Company will announce a name change and a new brand, with Ravinia providing assistance during the transition.” No specific timetable for the Ravinia Brewing name change was disclosed, but the rebranding is expected to take place over a period of months. “We are still finalizing an updated name and brand as we want to make sure that we stay authentic to our amazing community and patrons,” Kris Walker, 48, co-founder of Ravinia Brewing, said in an email Saturday.
Arlington Heights’ first brewery will be only blocks from where owner Eric Lamkins has been crafting his own suds for years.
The home-brewer — also a beekeeper and marketing/graphic design chief — will make small batches of beer at Spent Grain Brewing, which is on tap to open later this year at 17 N. Vail Ave.
Dave148 wrote:Suncatcher Brewing is coming to 2849 W. Chicago Ave.
https://whatnowchicago.com/suncatcher-b ... park-area/
Suncatcher Brewing Opens Humboldt Park Taproom With Focus On Low ABV Beers
ronnie_suburban wrote:AaronSinger wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:boudreaulicious wrote:How can you trademark the name of a town? A name that other companies, including a local country club, utilizes? Pretty sure Geographic descriptors can’t be used as trademarks. This is a head scratcher unless they’re just trying to harass a small business.
Ravinia is not the name of a town. As for the rest, there must be some merit or there wouldn't have been an agreement between the two parties in the first place. Ravinia Festival is hardly a bully. They're a not-for-profit organization that does a tremendous amount to support artists and their work.
And don't forget that part of maintaining a trademark is vigorously protecting it. If that's not done, the trademark is at risk (e.g. landmark Xerox case). So, Ravinia Festival probably had little choice here but to defend. But my guess is that the brewing company's hosting live music in their space is the straw that broke the camel's back. That practice could easily lead to customer confusion. In the eyes of the law, that seems to matter.
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In the eyes of the festival's lawyers, anyway. Will be curious to see the outcome.
It's not like the brewery was hosting a music festival or any big acts in competition with the Ravinia Festival, the article said they would have like one person with a guitar in the brewery. And haven't had one in 2 years?
IMO, we need fewer brewpubs and more Ravinia Festivals or places like it. There's already way too much mediocre beer on the market. Great artists, well, we can never have enough of them, and Ravinia Festival provides education and scholarships to many of them. In the end, I'd like to see Ravinia Festival and its interests protected here.
Hell, per the Crain's piece to which I linked above, the owners of the brewing company admitted they violated the agreement with Ravinia Festival, albeit inadvertently. That doesn't seem like much of a defense.
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Ravinia Brewing Company has started a new chapter, rebranding as Steep Ravine Brewing Company, inspired by the brewery’s flagship IPA.