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Introducing Light Mode! If you would like a Bar Towel social experience that isn't the traditional blue, you can now select Light Mode. Go to the User Control Panel and then Board Preferences, and select "Day Drinking" (Light Mode) from the My Board Style drop-down menu. You can always switch back to "Night Drinking" (Dark Mode). Enjoy!
Introducing The Bar Towel™
Introducing The Bar Towel™
I know this might not mean much to everyone here, but it means a lot to me so I thought I'd share. We're now The Bar Towel™ - I've officially been granted a registered trademark!
This was about two years in the making and I feel it's meaningful as it's a recognition of what BT stands for in the beer community.
Anyway, just thought I'd mention this as its exciting for me. As usual, many thanks for everyone's ongoing participation and support on the site, it's the community that makes this what it is.
This was about two years in the making and I feel it's meaningful as it's a recognition of what BT stands for in the beer community.
Anyway, just thought I'd mention this as its exciting for me. As usual, many thanks for everyone's ongoing participation and support on the site, it's the community that makes this what it is.
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Congratulations Cass! It's hard to believe that something that started out as a newsletter so many years ago has turned into one of the biggest resources for the brewing industry in Ontario. Hard work really does pay off.
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Excellent news! I will now call the site 'The Bar Towel™' when I discuss it with the missus.
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Great, there goes my soon to be released line of Bartowel brand thong bikinis. I suppose you want some kind of royalty now huh Mr.Bigshot?Cass wrote:Yes, Bar Towel bar towels have long been on my list to make. Maybe now is the time...detritus wrote:Sweet - good job Cass.
Now, how about some officially branded The Bar Towel™ merchandise? Pint glasses? Coasters? Towels?
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If anyone's interested, the CIPO trademark database entry for the mark is here.
Interestingly, the listing doesn't explicitly cover towels, though it covers everything else you'd think would be relevant:
Interestingly, the listing doesn't explicitly cover towels, though it covers everything else you'd think would be relevant:
-JoshBranded clothing namely t-shirts, shirts, golf shirts, sweatshirts, shorts, pants and hats; branded drinking vessels namely beer mugs and beer glasses; branded serving accessories namely coasters, bottle openers, tap handles, and mats.
It was actually a fairly challenging process from what I understand about trademark applications. Towels could not be a part of the trademark as I couldn't trademark the name of a real-life item. In other words, the trademark couldn't prevent someone from producing bar towels and calling them that.detritus wrote: Interestingly, the listing doesn't explicitly cover towels, though it covers everything else you'd think would be relevant:
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Cass wrote:Yes, Bar Towel bar towels have long been on my list to make. Maybe now is the time...detritus wrote:Sweet - good job Cass.
Now, how about some officially branded The Bar Towel™ merchandise? Pint glasses? Coasters? Towels?
-Josh
That's about as much a mouthful as Bob Loblaw's Law Blog (for you AD fans out there).