JudoBaggins

I have seen pictures of two gravity flow wineries. While searching for them I found a third

http://www.calerawine.com/trade/graphics.html

To add to the confusion CARL Artisan Distilleries and Brewing Systems has a trademark character on the term "Artisan Distilling Workshop" on their website.

http://www.brewing-distilling.com/page11/page11.html

Got this in email today:

Now, I will note that it seems unlikely that this PENDING trademark claim will successfully trademark generic terms like "artisan", "distilling", and "workshop"; however, stranger trademarks have happened.

I hate to see patent/trademark trolls like this, though. It really chaps me.

Go to their website. Copy their text. They use the term "artisan distilling workshop" to describe their workshop without the trademark character.

I think this pretty conclusive evidence that it is not their trademark. If it is truely a trademark then it should always be marked trademark when it is used by the trademark holder. You can have a trademark without registering it. So pending trademark is really pending registered trademark.

Kenton

Where is it located? Indiana?