Nashville brewery targets Kansas City’s largest brewery in trademark lawsuit


TailGate Beer, one of the most aggressive players in Nashville's increasingly crowded brewery industry, is taking legal action against a Midwestern power player.

In a lawsuit filed earlier this week in federal district court, TailGate accuses Kansas City-based Boulevard Brewing Co. of copyright and trademark infringement. At issue: Boulevard's recent rebranding of its pale ale with a pickup truck image that the Nashville brewery considers "substantially similar" to its own. The image below, included…

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