Bellwoods Brewery just had a nice little week.
The popular Toronto brewery opened their doors to a significant and long-awaited expansion to their brewpub on Ossington Ave on Wednesday and given their track record for both beer and food, it’s a safe bet it won’t be long before the place is established as one of Toronto’s best spots for a beer and a meal. On Saturday Bellwoods celebrated their 10th Motley Cru Day — their annual anniversary beer release — this year bottling a Lambic that was three years in the making. And on top of all that they quietly won a small victory in one of the weirdest and longest running intellectual property battles in Ontario beer [EDIT – While this information only came to my attention this week, it seems like this development is actually months old, and the blog post linked below is months old. Sorry for my journalistic faux pas. It’s a blog that makes no money. You get what you pay for, cheapskate. ~ Ben].
The battle, launched way back in 2015, has pitted the eponymous Trinity-Bellwoods brewery against the Blyth-based behemouth, Cowbell Brewery, whom Bellwoods alleges is totally copying their vibe. More specifically, they’re pissed Cowbell’s logo looks like theirs, as detailed on this very blog back in 2017 when Bellwoods formally opposed issuance of a trademark registration to Cowbell for their logo and the Opposition Board for the Registrar of Trademarks found in Bellwoods’ favour, agreeing that the Cowbell logo was “likely to be confusing.” Continue reading “Bellwoods Brewery V. Cowbell Brewery round two, or weird vibes and cycling jerseys in Blyth”
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