City Council Item #114 – January 28th – Suing Pabst

Item #114 — Authorizes the City Attorney to sue the crap out of Pabst for creating and using a logo for their summer music festival last year   Screenshot 2015-01-23 18.36.13   because they say it looks too much like the old White Stag sign that is now owned by the City of Portland. Screenshot 2015-01-23 18.41.35

More on the story here.

There is no mention of the City of Portland suing Budweiser for their use of this logo IMG_1448

despite the fact that, according to the Tribune , “The city declined the (Pabst) request because current policies does not allow it to be used on products and services that are not available to people of all ages.” Hmmm…