Good beer, dumb people.
The people who make Sam Adams beer have sent a letter threatening legal action if two websites using the eponymous name of their product in a campaign for mayor of Portland, OR are not shut down.*
Only one problem: the sites support the candidacy of Portland city councilman Sam Adams for mayor of the City that Works.
The letter notes that the brewer "has used the trademarks SAM ADAMS and SAMUEL ADAMS since 1984." To which the councilman replied that he has been using it since 1963.
*The governor should commute that sentence, but I'm not going to bother trying to fix it.
UPDATE: The websites mentioned above have been shut down, allegedly by the threat of litigation. If you want to see the letter from Boston Beer Company, threatening legal action, look here.
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