We brought you news of this trademark issue with Left hand and a Canadian brewery over the term “nitro.” Now the suit has been settled. Details from Westword:
Although Left Hand didn't patent its process, it did try to trademark the word "Milk Stout Nitro" at the same time that it released the beer in 2011. But the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied the application, saying the term "Nitro" had been protected more than a decade earlier by a man named Eli Gershkovitch, who owns Vancouver, Canada's Steamworks Brewery (no relation to Steamworks Brewing in Durango).
After doing some research, Left Hand decided to challenge Gershkovitch's claim to the word, saying that he had never used the mark.
The two companies have since settled the dispute. "We worked out an agreeable situation that worked for both of us," Lennart says.
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