Brewery Owner Stares Down, Whups Monster In His Closet
Score a victory for the little guy. Matt Nadeau, the owner of the Rock Art Vermont brewery, which was slapped with a lawsuit by the sue-happy makers of the Monster energy drink for brewing a beer...
View ArticleMonster Energy Assumes Consumers Can’t Distinguish Energy Drinks From Fish Tanks
We thought that the company behind Monster Energy drink (and its lawyers) were done with petty legal action against anyone bold enough to use the word “Monster.” We last reported on such action in...
View ArticleCopyright Infringement Universe Collapses In On Itself As Beastie Boys Sue...
So here’s a copyright infringement lawsuit involving the makers of Monster Energy Drink in which they are the ones being sued and not the ones claiming ownership of an incredibly common word. Instead,...
View ArticleFDA Incident Reports Link Monster Energy Drink To Five Deaths
(stevendepolo)Last week, a mother in Maryland sued the makers of caffeine-heavy Monster Energy drink, alleging that the beverage was not only behind the death of her teen daughter, but that the company...
View Article5-Hour Energy Cited In Reports Of 13 Deaths
(Chris Rief)Only a few weeks after it was revealed that FDA incident reports linked Monster Energy drink to five deaths in recent years, it’s come out that the heavily advertised 5-Hour Energy “shots”...
View ArticleStudy: 20,000 Trips To The Emergency Room In 2011 Linked To Consumption Of...
(Plankton 4:20) Following on the heels of reports linking ill health effects to energy drinks like Monster and 5-Hour Energy, a new government study says those beverages are “a rising public health...
View ArticleMonster Says There’s No Proof Caffeine Killed Teen Girl
(stevendepolo)Last year, a woman in Maryland sued Monster Beverage, alleging that the energy drink caused her 14-year-old daughter to die of caffeine toxicity. However, the Monster folks claim this...
View ArticleMonster Energy Drinks Will Now Be Sold As Beverages Instead Of Dietary...
(stevendepolo) In response to all the controversy surrounding the potential negative health effects of all kinds of energy drinks, Monster Energy Corp. is retooling its marketing: Instead of hawking...
View ArticleBeastie Boys Head To Court Against Monster Energy, Everyone Learns What...
(stevendepolo)After filing a copyright infringement lawsuit against Monster Energy Drink back in August 2012, the Beastie Boy are facing off against the beverage company in a New York City court this...
View ArticleBeastie Boys Win $1.7M In Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Monster
(Tracy O)After seeking $2 million in damages from Monster Energy for using the band’s songs without permission in promotional videos, the Beastie Boys will walk away from the legal battle with $1.7...
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