Stillwater company wins trademark battle over nail-driving game Hammer-Schlagen A Stillwater firm retains its 2000 trademark rights over Hammer-Schlagen. March 14, 2021 2:23pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A Stillwater company with a 21-year-old trademark for the popular drinking game Hammer-Schlagen has won a trademark infringement battle with a Chaska brewery.
U.S. District Chief Judge John Tunheim ruled in early March that WRB Inc. s trademark remains valid and enforceable. The trademark was established in 2000, according to the company s website and a lawsuit filed in December against Schram Haus Brewery.
The ruling said Schram Haus cannot use WRB s intellectual property in connection with advertising, promoting or selling any goods or services. It banned the brewery from using any of WRB s trademarks that may confuse or deceive customers about the ownership, origin or validity of the company s intellectual prope