This is ridiculous

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Message TheBeerGod P beers 6415 º places 109 º 05:52 Tue 10/13/2009 Didn’t see this posted anywhere else on here. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091012/ap_on_bi_ge/us_monster_drink_fight_2 Time to boycott Monster and all of its products, I’d say.
Message MOboy beers 510 º places 3 º 07:00 Tue 10/13/2009 Originally posted by TheBeerGod Didn’t see this posted anywhere else on here. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091012/ap_on_bi_ge/us_monster_drink_fight_2 Time to boycott Monster and all of its products, I’d say. I’d have to agree. Any lawyers out there want to do some pro bono work?
Message Walt beers 2449 º places 189 º 07:04 Tue 10/13/2009 Originally posted by TheBeerGod Didn’t see this posted anywhere else on here. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091012/ap_on_bi_ge/us_monster_drink_fight_2 Time to boycott Monster and all of its products, I’d say. Agreed. I sell about 3 cases a week at the place I manage. Guess I’ll switch to Full Throttle or Rockstar.
Message HonkeyBra beers 4044 º places 13 º 07:37 Tue 10/13/2009 I have doubts about The Monster beverage company’s ability to say that this beer, the "Vermonster" is passing off as its own energy drinks. There are many other beers currently brewed in the United States using the word "monster" in it’s title, including the very popular Brooklyn Monster Ale. Funny they didn’t approach Brooklyn with the suit, but brooklyn probably has more resources and therefore more likely to litigate.

Message SuIIy beers 1984 º places 53 º 09:24 Tue 10/13/2009 I dont drink energy drinks, but I will make sure to continue to not buy monster products
Message mcox90 beers 3050 º places 61 º 09:51 Tue 10/13/2009 Originally posted by SuIIy I dont drink energy drinks, but I will make sure to continue to not buy monster products +1
Message douglas88 P admin beers 13195 º places 398 º 09:58 Tue 10/13/2009 Yep, this is absurd. I’m happy to see that Rock Art is working hard to stop this. They have a page on facebook and listed a bunch of links on BA.
Message steview beers 1037 º places 21 º 10:00 Tue 10/13/2009 This is when I despise lawyers.

Message jake65 beers 4400 º places 158 º 10:19 Tue 10/13/2009 Originally posted by mcox90 Originally posted by SuIIy I dont drink energy drinks, but I will make sure to continue to not buy monster products +1 Looks like only Rockstar in my shop from now on.
Message after4ever P admin beers 8025 º places 322 º 10:34 Tue 10/13/2009 If you own a trademark on a given name, you are obliged, by law, to defend it. The fact that Monster is doing this doesn’t mean that they feel like the brewer is infringing on their brand. Could be someone just gave them the impression that they could lose their trademark rights if they let this slide. It’s entirely possible that they will send him letters, then "decide not to pursue it." Better than even odds that they hate what this will do to their PR, and they find it a pointless PITA.
Message NobleSquirrel beers 3437 º places 209 º 10:45 Tue 10/13/2009 I don’t buy it, particularly based on the aforementioned Brooklyn Monster Ale... Originally posted by after4ever If you own a trademark on a given name, you are obliged, by law, to defend it. The fact that Monster is doing this doesn’t mean that they feel like the brewer is infringing on their brand. Could be someone just gave them the impression that they could lose their trademark rights if they let this slide. It’s entirely possible that they will send him letters, then "decide not to pursue it." Better than even odds that they hate what this will do to their PR, and they find it a pointless PITA.