West Sixth start up brewery being sued by Magic Hat parent company over logo

[zmanzorro]

http://beerpulse.com/2013/05/west-sixth-brewing-says-it-was-sued-by-magic-hat-parent-for-allegedly-copying-9-logo-404/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=west-sixth-brewing-says-it-was-sued-by-magic-hat-parent-for-allegedly-copying-9-logo-404

I don't think the parent company has a chance here, but you never know. I like Magic Hat, but I think this is absurd. What say you?

 

[MotorcycleMatt]

Looks like I won't be drinking any more magic hat, not that it was great anyways

 

[tyzippers]

That is nuckin' futs! I never liked Magic Hat stuff anyway. Just gives me one more reason to not drink their stuff. If I could go to the tap room and buy a pint in KY, I would. Good luck to the folks at West Sixth Brewing!

 

[BinghamtonEd]

I think it's absurd that a 9 is an upside down 6. Holy crap!

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm just a caveman. I fell on some ice and later got thawed out by some of your scientists. Your world frightens and confuses me! Sometimes the honking horns of your traffic make me want to get out of my BMW.. and run off into the hills, or wherever.. Sometimes when I get a message on my fax machine, I wonder: "Did little demons get inside and type it?" I don't know! My primitive mind can't grasp these concepts. But there is one thing I do know - 6 clearly precedes 9. I rest my case."

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Horrible. Pretty patheitic that there parent company is in costa rico!?
#9 was one that got me into "craft", sad to see this happening to such a small start up.

Proudly signed the petition!

 

[McBrewskie]

Horrible. Pretty patheitic that there parent company is in costa rico!?
#9 was one that got me into "craft", sad to see this happening to such a small start up.

Proudly signed the petition!

Where on god's green earth is Costa Rico?

 

[BinghamtonEd]

Where on god's green earth is Costa Rico?

Fairly south, somewhere, possibly.

 

[ncweasel]

I visited the West Sixth brewery in Dec 2012. They have great business model and they are doing fantastic things for the east side of Lexington. oh and great beer too..!! no more Magic Hat for me either.

 

[abledsoe]

I visited the West Sixth brewery in Dec 2012. They have great business model and they are doing fantastic things for the east side of Lexington. oh and great beer too..!! no more Magic Hat for me either.

I agree. We visited back in April and I was very impressed with what they have going. Hopefully they can keep rolling.

 

[hogwash]

Well unfortunately I just bought a bunch of MH Encore but no more of their stuff after that's gone. I knew they were big but still thought they were run by real beer people and not a megacorp. What a ridiculous lawsuit. "Irreparable harm" my ass.

 

[Pole]

It's absurd.

 

[mtnagel]

I just had the West Sixth IPA and it was very good. I'll sign the petition. This is stupid.

 

[atom]

not the first time...

http://seattlebeernews.com/2010/06/...wn-to-rename-9lb-porter-to-georgetown-porter/

 

[Moonlighter]

West Sixth is asking folks to sign a petition that they will present to the Magic Hat home office, if they can find it.

http://www.westsixth.com/no-more-magic-hat/

Thanks, and cheers!

 

[mtnagel]

West Sixth is asking folks to sign a petition that they will present to the Magic Hat home office, if they can find it.

http://www.westsixth.com/no-more-magic-hat/

Thanks, and cheers!

Just found that, but it's not loading up for me.

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

Absolutely absurd! I'm happy I've never bought a magic hat anything before. But now I won't for sure.

 

[hogwash]

I heard Magic Hat is going to sue the Beatles for their song "Revolution #9."

Then they're going after Beethoven for Symphony No. 6 (after all, it's an upside down 9) and Symphony No. 9.

Our world...sheesh.

 

[moscoeb]

Looks like I will be buying some west 6th on the way home, may stop in for a pint too!

 

[brewmcq]

Maybe they'll sue whoever invented the "yin-yang" symbol since that appears to have a "6" AND an inverted "6".

And now I suppose I'll have to pay a royalty every time I want to 69 my g/f... although, I should be okay if I call it "sixty-nine" and not "sixty-inverted-six"..

 

[hillybilly]

I use to live in Georgetown, KY next time I am home I will definitely get some of their beer and stop in for a pint. I was never really a fan of Magic Hat beer the #9 no quite a pal ale is really not that good to me more hype than beer

 

[Weizer]

The corporate cats are not happy with the surge of craft breweries. A local brewery named themselves "Fezziwigs Brewing Co." BBC came after them because they have a beer named Fezziwig. This is far more absurd. The logo is similar, but it's not the same!

I agree with everyone else, I didn't care for magic hat all that much anyways. Never again will I drink their beer.

 

[UnDeadPresident]

I'm actually a fan of #9 and we just started getting it out here. I'd like to see a scan of the lawsuit they were served with before I get out the torch and pitchfork, but if this is really how they operate then Magic Hat, or rather these folks, won't be getting any more of my cash.

 

[drainbamage]

I was just about to post about this, but I wanted to check and make sure another thread hadn't been started. I just tried the West 6th IPA a few weeks ago, and it's very very good. If Magic Hat has to resort to this kind of garbage, something must be suffering in their business model or their beer. I gladly signed the petition and left a nice message on Magic Hat's Facebook page.

(Although, I must say that West 6th must be thrilled at all this free publicity! )

 

[kman6234]

I just signed the petition. Never had any west 6th beer but if I ever have the opportunity I certainly will.

 

[Jay1]

I don't know anything about either one of these breweries but there are some similarities in the two logos. What pisses me off is, out here there is a general respect and fellowship among the micros. Micros aren't competing wih other Micros as much as they could be competing with the big three. If I was thier father, id slap them both on the wrist and tell them to get along and focus on the big picture. What a waste of time and money.
Whether I think its similar or not, Il sign that petition. That's total bull****.

 

[TheJasonT]

Looks like West Sixth might actually be in the wrong according to this statement from Magic Hat...

http://new.pitchengine.com/pitches/0ab90552-225c-4a77-bf2e-79ecdcd09c15

We need to stop this stuff. We need to be fighting AB InBev and MillerCoors, not each other.

 

[brewmcq]

Check the West Sixth website... they explain their side of the story pretty thoroughly..

 

[drainbamage]

Looks like West Sixth might actually be in the wrong according to this statement from Magic Hat...

http://new.pitchengine.com/pitches/0ab90552-225c-4a77-bf2e-79ecdcd09c15

We need to stop this stuff. We need to be fighting AB InBev and MillerCoors, not each other.

I don't know, It still seems like the West Sixth name is pretty evident on the label, and "encircled number logo"? That's a pretty broad design style. Surely there are other beers that use it without confusion. Sounds like they just got some dopey distributors.

 

[Mb2658]

#9 tastes like hot rotting garbage. Their decision to sue another company doesn't change that fact. Who in their right mind would buy anything that they honestly thought resembled #9? That beer is the worst.

 

[moscoeb]

Looks like West Sixth might actually be in the wrong according to this statement from Magic Hat...

http://new.pitchengine.com/pitches/0ab90552-225c-4a77-bf2e-79ecdcd09c15

We need to stop this stuff. We need to be fighting AB InBev and MillerCoors, not each other.

Did you read the actual letters? Looks to me 6th was willing to change a few things to help, but magic hat kept pushing and pushing. Finally 6th got pissed off and had enough.

I'm with the local boys on this one!