Drunken Goat (1996)

Mon Feb 10 16:30:34 UTC 2003

http://www.confartigianato.it/servizi/Turismo_Vacanze/citta/Treviso-Conegliano.htm  has
"A San Pietro di Feletto merita una visita la Latteria Perenzin con i suoi formaggi biologici di capra, il Montasio, il formaggio "ciock = formaggio ubriaco (imbriagato nel mosto di vino rosso locale)."
This goat milk cheese could well be at the origin of the "Drunken Goat".
Jan Ivarsson

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>    I was in the cheese section of ELI'S on the upper east side and saw a  "Drunken Goat."  What's next?  A little laughing cow in a red net bag?
>    There are some Google hits which you can find for yourself.  Here are some Dow Jones database articles (which start in 1997), followed by a 1996 trademark record:
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> Not baaaaaaad! All we are saying is give goat cheese a chance
> Kathleen Purvis, Knight-Tribune News Service
> 10/29/1998
> The Florida Times-Union
> CITY
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> (I just like the headline--ed.)
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>  09/25/2000      Product Alert
>    Marketing Intelligence Service Ltd.
>   Information has been obtained to append our previous report on the Tuscan Hills Mayonnaise line. Lakeport, CA-based Tuscan Hills now offers Drunken Goat and Cracked Black Pepper varieties that are packaged in resealable, hexagon shaped glass jars with twist off lids. Literature for Tuscan Hills gourmet foods states, "Use on your favorite sandwich or burger. They are great as a bread spread or in pasta salads. Use as a base for your favorite salad dressing or as a topper for crab cakes."
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> 5/23/1997      Pittsburgh Post-Gazette           SOONER      22      (Copyright 1997)                 "I'll have the wedding soup, fried zucchini, spots. . . . "
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> You could walk into a typical Pittsburgh restaurant and place that order without looking at the menu. Even desserts come from the same vendors.
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> Not so at Christian's at Turtle Creek. Check it out: Tournedos au poivre with fois gras and drunken goat cheese . . . confited pork loin with sauce Robert . . . veal chop stuffed with bacon, Belgian endive and cambozola cheese in a red pepper chili sauce .. . .
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>    From U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records:
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> Word Mark THE DRUNKEN GOAT
> Goods and Services IC 029. US 046. G & S: CHEESE. FIRST USE: 19960000. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19960000
> Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING
> Serial Number 75410559
> Filing Date December 19, 1997
> Published for Opposition July 28, 1998
> Registration Number 2198671
> Registration Date October 20, 1998
> Owner (REGISTRANT) Sini Fulvi Usa Inc. CORPORATION NEW YORK 25-40 Shore Blvd. #16I Astoria NEW YORK 11102
> Type of Mark TRADEMARK
> Register PRINCIPAL
> Live/Dead Indicator LIVE
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