DuClaw(s) out at Left Hand Brewery in craft beer trademark dispute over Sawtooth and Black Jack beer names

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Left Hand Brewing may have just made the list of the U.S. top 50 craft brewers but DuClaw Brewing Company isn’t writing to congratulate them. In this lawsuit filed last Monday, DuClaw, which makes a Belgian white it calls Sawtooth and stout called Black Jack Stout wants a Maryland Federal Court to keep Left Hand from making two beers with similar names (or at least from calling them by similar names) Black Jack Porter and Sawtooth Ale.The lawsuit alleges that DuClaw first used the Black Jack and Sawtooth marks in November of 1998 and obtained registration on May 21, 2002. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website shows DuClaw’s Black Jack Stout here and Sawtooth here.The lawsuit claims that Left Hand has expanded into the state of …


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