NAMING RIGHTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF GRANTS, NEW MEXICO, AND A EUROPEAN COMPANY ARE COMING TO A HEAD. A BREWERY IN GRANTS CALLED THE JUNKYARD BREWER USES THE “ROUTE 66” IN ITS NAME … ALLUDING TO THE NATION’S FAMOUS HIGHWAY. BUT LODESTAR ANSTALT IN LIECHTENSTEIN OWNS THE U-S TRADEMARK FOR ROUTE 66 BEERS.
THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS LODESTAR ALSO OWNS THE TRADEMARK FOR FOR HIGHWAY’S LOGO-STYLE “SHIELD” ON THE BEER LABEL. THEIR LAWYER SAYS LODESTAR FILED THE PROPER TRADEMARK REQUIREMENTS WITH OFFICIALS IN THIS COUNTRY AND IS CALLING ON LACKEY’S BREWERY IN GRANTS TO CHANGE ITS NAME.
JUNKYARD BREWERS SAYS THEY DON’T MAKE A BEER NAMED AFTER ROUTE 66. AND LODESTAR’S ROUTE 66 BEER IS ACTUALLY BREWED IN WISCONSIN.
