U.S. Patent Office rejects Phyllis Schlafly's petitions against brewery's use of name

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has dismissed petitions filed by conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly objecting to craft brewery Schlafly Beer's trademark of its brand name,

the

St. Louis Business Journal

reported.

Tom Schlafly, co-founder of the St. Louis Brewery, is the nephew of Phyllis Schlafly, founder and head of the Eagle Forum conservative organization.

The brewery applied for the trademark in 2011. Phyllis Schlafly filed a notice of opposition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2012. Her opposition filing stated that the Schlafly last name “has the connotation of conservative values, which to millions of Americans (such as Baptists and Mormons) mean abstinence from alcohol,” the article said.

St. Louis Brewery's response to the opposition filing said it had been using the Schlafly name since the 1990s and holds trademarks to logos incorporating the name, the article said.

The brewery will now move forward with its plan to secure a trademark for Schlafly Beer, the journal article said. (Source:


St. Louis Business Journal


, Aug. 9, 2016.)