Just unveiled, a national brewery network to help with those pesky trademarks!
Brewery Mediation Network
Brewery Mediation Network
National Craft Brewery Mediation Service Debuts
Denver-based OvalOptions
launches network to help craft brewers with trademark and other disputes
Denver, CO (April 21, 2015) On April 15th, 2015
OvalOptions for Conflict Management launched its Brewery Mediation Network
(BMN) service in areas nation-wide. The program helps connect craft breweries
with local providers of mediation, facilitation and associated services to
assist in resolving costly disputes, most noticeably those involving
trademarks.
Breweries that contact the BMN are guided through a dispute
roadmap, shaped by their unique situation, examining issues ranging from
inter-brewery dispute to workplace tension. OvalOptions then suggests the most
appropriate service and provider in their network and contact the other party.
In certain instances, outside references may be given (e.g. legal advocacy).
Jason Gladfelter, co-owner of OvalOptions, conflict
consultant and level 1 Cicerone, views trademark disputes as a threat to the
industry’s image while inflicting economic damage. “Legal fees in trademark
cases can cost tens of thousands of dollars and take six months or more to conclude.
Mediation can produce an amicable solution in a timely manner at a fraction of
the cost, which is divided between the parties.”
The BMN program is a contractual partnership between
OvalOptions and local mediation providers across the country. Each provider and
their services are vetted and evaluated by OvalOptions. “This brings together
two collaborative industries—mediation and craft brewing—for the benefit of
each”, Gladfelter says. “We hope the BMN helps local businesses help each
other.”
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About OvalOptions for
Conflict Management: Based in
Denver, CO, OvalOptions is a consulting firm focused on mediation and other
dispute resolution services operating in conjunction, parallel and outside the
court system. OvalOptions helps clients find the most appropriate solutions for
their situations, including, if necessary, referring to outside services. You
can find them online at www.OvalOptions.com,
on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ovaloptions
or follow on Twitter: @BeerMediation.
For more information on the Brewery Mediation Network, visit
www.OvalOptions.com/BMN or contact
BMN@OvalOptions.com.
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