Anchor Brewing At Odds With City Steam Beer

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From LibationLawBlog:

In a lawsuit filed two weeks ago, Anchor Steam Brewery is seeking to enforce its rights to its “Steam” trademark for beer against City Steam Brewery in Connecticut.  The case between these two brewers had been milling around the Trademark Trials and Appeals Board but now that Anchor filed suit, they’re seeking to stay that action pending resolution of this lawsuit.

According to the allegations of this latest brewer on brewer trademark suit, Anchor may have been content to leave well enough alone when City Steam was only coming our of a brewpub, but…

“ANCHOR has become aware that defendants are using in commerce the confusingly similar mark "CITY STEAM" (the “CITY STEAM MARKS") in connection with the promotion, marketing and sale of craft beer. ANCHOR has learned that defendant CITY STEAM BREWERY initially only made and sold its CITY STEAM beer for consumption on the premises of its brewpub in Hartford, Connecticut. ANCHOR has now become aware that defendants have recently begun making and selling beer under the CITY STEAM marks not only at their bar, but also bottled or casked for distribution and sale in interstate commerce.”
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