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The Drifter · 10-26-2013, 07:24 AM

Jack Daniel's in legal fight with small distiller
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A white whiskey named for a famed Appalachian moonshiner started out being sold in Mason jars, to honor its roguish roots, but switched to square-shaped bottling. That new look has the upstart distiller embroiled in a trademark infringement fight with Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/26/jac...distiller/

**Bchbunnie4** · 10-26-2013, 09:38 AM

It does look like they copied the JD bottles....

What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

homebiscuit · 10-26-2013, 09:57 AM

Quote:It does look like they copied the JD bottles....

Yeah. They practically reused old empty JD bottles.

anonymous2112 · 10-26-2013, 11:03 AM

They're probably a little too similar, but the square bottle is an ancient design. I agree about possible font changes, but there are tons of square bottles out there.

All the same, Apple won a lawsuit against Samsung a few years ago by claiming to have invented the rectangle, so anything is possible.

rollerjag · 10-26-2013, 11:17 AM

Quote:[Popcorn] Sutton, known for his long gray beard and faded overalls, took his own life in 2009 rather than go to prison for making white lightning.

Some men will not accept separation from the love of their life.

If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley

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homebiscuit · 10-26-2013, 11:52 AM

Quote:Some men will not accept separation from the love of their life.

IIRC, he was diagnosed with cancer at the time. I think he just wanted to go out on his own terms.

rollerjag · 10-26-2013, 12:17 PM

Quote:IIRC, he was diagnosed with cancer at the time. I think he just wanted to go out on his own terms.

Thanks for the buzzkill.

If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley

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homebiscuit · 10-26-2013, 12:44 PM

Quote:Thanks for the buzzkill.

Oh. Well, um, uh, I believe the last thing he said while surrounded by federal agents was "I'm going to be with love of my life, you no good, low-down, horney toad revenuers!"

Yeah, that's the ticket.

**Bchbunnie4** · 10-26-2013, 07:22 PM

Quote:Oh. Well, um, uh, I believe the last thing he said while surrounded by federal agents was "I'm going to be with love of my life, you no good, low-down, horney toad revenuers!"

Yeah, that's the ticket.

Much better!! :thumbsup:

What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

**DragonFury** · 10-27-2013, 07:31 AM

Quote:They're probably a little too similar, but the square bottle is an ancient design. I agree about possible font changes, but there are tons of square bottles out there.

All the same, Apple won a lawsuit against Samsung a few years ago by claiming to have invented the rectangle, so anything is possible.

Interestingly, Apple lost that patent in every single country except America. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.