Guns N’ Roses takes brewery to court

By Ferraiuoli LLC

American rock band Guns N’ Roses sued a Colorado brewery claiming its infringing its trademark by producing, promoting and marketing a beer called Guns' N' Rosé. "As a direct result of the defendant's illicit acts, Guns N’ Roses has suffered and continues to suffer a damage to its trademark, commercial reputation and good name”, says part of the lawsuit filed in California.

Oskar Blues Brewery applied for registration of the Guns 'N' Rosé trademark in 2018 before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), prompting the rock band to successfully oppose the registration.

Despite the refusal of the USPTO, Oskar Blues Brewery withdrew the trademark registration but continued to sell the drink under the Guns' N' Rosé name. Guns N’ Roses is therefore seeking an injunction against the brewery to prevent the sale of the beer.

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Ferraiuoli LLC (FLLC) was founded in 2003 by the late Blas Ferraiuoli-Martínez, Eugenio Torres-Oyola and María Marchand-Sánchez. This group was then joined in 2004 by Fernando J. Rovira-Rullán, thus forming the founding core of FLLC. FLLC has grown exponentially since its founding from a law firm with three attorneys and a support staff of three to its current size of 54 attorneys with a support staff of 38. Also, FLLC has grown from initially being known as an intellectual property and corporate law boutique law firm to a multiservice law firm that handles most matters relevant to a business while continuing to earn praise for its leading intellectual property and corporate practices.

FLLC has been ranked as a leading law firm in Puerto Rico by the professional publication Chambers Latin America in intellectual property, corporate, bankruptcy, labor & employment, real estate, and tax law. Moreover, 17 FLLC partners have been ranked as leaders in their field by the same publication. 4 FLLC partners are ranked as leaders in Intellectual Property, no other firm has more than 2. This recognition in such a short period of time is a tribute to FLLC’s business model.

FLLC prides itself in doing its work faster and more cost-efficiently yet with the same quality as that of its main competitors. The founding name partners are available at all times to attend to client matters. Their work ethic sets the tone for the rest of the firm. FLLC’s founders’ goal has been steady from the outset: become one of the premier multiservice law firms in Puerto Rico.

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