Ownership of Old McBrayer Whiskey brand name. Best answer on the web

Author: jack     07 29th, 2010 in xn--00t609f.com     edit

  • I would like to find out information related to who currently owns the
    rights of the Old McBrayer Whiskey brand name. I do not need information on past owners but instead information about who owns the brand name now, and how I can contact them. I would hope any information would be confirmed first before answer; thanks.
    I have done a little searching and have been led to Jim Beam but am unsure whether this is correct. As far as I know the whiskey was bottled in Kentucky.


  • Yes, if that is in fact the last known owner of the trademark registration for the Old McBrayer brand name, their contact information would be acceptable as an answer. Thanks so much for your quick help.


  • The Old McBrayer brand name was assigned in 1957 to a company that still exists. I can give you contact information for that company, but be advised that the company is no longer in the liquor business and has allowed the Old McBrayer trademark registration to expire. Are you interested?


  • That information would probably be helpful, but if the registration has expired, does this mean nobody has ownership of it now?


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  • Hello.

    Here's the trademark mark entry for Old McBrayer whiskey:

    Old McBrayer
    Serial Number: 71240735
    Registration Number: 226667
    http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=71240735

    Serial #: 71240735
    Reg #: 0226667
    Assignor: NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORPORATION.
    Assignee: NATIONAL DISTILLERS AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION.
    Exec Dt: 05/01/1957
    http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=tm&qt=rno&reel=&frame=&sno=&rno=0226667&asnr=&asnri=&asne=&asnei=&asns=&apct=&apcti=&rgst=&rgsti=
    Thus, National Distillers and Chemical Corp. was the last registered owner of the Old McBrayer trademark.
    "1988 National Distillers and Chemical Corp. sold its liquor business to American Brands and changed its name to Quantum Chemical Corp." http://timelines.ws/20thcent/1988.HTML


    In 1997, Quantum Chemical Corp. became known as Millennium Petrochemicals Inc.

    See:
    "National Distillers and Chemical Corp., since known as Quantum Chemical Corp. and currently known as Millennium Petrochemicals Inc." source: Kentucky Office of Insurance
    http://doi.ppr.ky.gov/kentucky/Documents/news/nr121801.asp

    Also see:
    "MILLENNIUM PETROCHEMICALS INC.
    ...
    CHANGED FROM QUANTUM CHEMICAL CORPORATION 03/31/1997
    ...
    CHANGED FROM NATIONAL DISTILLERS AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION 02/04/1988 "
    source: Arizona Corporations Division
    http://starpas.cc.state.az.us/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/WService=wsbroker1/corp-detail.p?name-id=F00134696

    Contact information for Millennium:
    http://cbronline.com/companyprofile.asp?guid=D81CAB47-CB70-4AF6-AC6C-0951FA4F1C50
    website at:
    http://www.millenniumpetro.com/



    As indicated above, National Distillers and Chemical Corp. sold its liquor business to American Brands, Inc, in 1988. In 1997, American Brands became Fortune Brands. See: ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22american+brands%22+%22fortune+brands%22+1997&btnG=Search
    Contact information for Fortune Brands:
    http://www.fortunebrands.com/util/contact.cfm

    Again, though, even if the Old McBrayer brand was part of the sale by National Distillers and Chemical Corp to American Brands (now Fortune Brands), the Old McBrayer trademark was allowed to expire and is now considered "dead" by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
    --------
    search strategy:
    uspto.gov
    "National Distillers and Chemical"

    Thanks.


  • Excellent response. Had question answered within one hour of posting it and the answer contained the exact information I needed. Perfect.


  • Possibly.

    "A dead or abandoned status for a trademark application means that specific application is no longer under prosecution within the USPTO, and would not be used as a bar against your filing. It does not necessarily mean that there are not other marks that might be in use in commerce (i.e., certain marks can be dead or abandoned, but are still in use in commerce)" http://www.mycorporation.com/trademark/tmsearchfaq.htm#dead


    Getting back to Old McBrayer, would you consider the name of company that was assigned the brand in 1957 (along with current contact information) an acceptable answer to this question?









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