does anyone know what you have to do and what does it cost to copy right an alcohol drink like protect it?

Question

if you want to protect the recipe and and try to market it and how long would it take thanks if you can help

Answer 1

go to bartendermagazine.com. I you have a subscription to their magazine you can submit a recipe and have it copy written for 20.00 and have the certificate of authenticity along with it. this is a publication for and by professional bartenders and mixologists but don't take my word for it check it out for yourself and do your homework.

P.S. i have three copy rights for drinks used through this publication and i know it is to be true

Answer 2

Your question is a lot more complicated than you might think. Your best bet is to spend some time with an attorney who specializes in intellectual property. Recipes are considered trade secrets and are not copyrighted. The words that you use and the order that you use them can be copyrighted, hence a recipe written in a cookbook or magazine is copyrighted upon creation, but anyone can rewrite the recipe in their own words and make it their own. That's why Coke protects their recipe so closely, because once the cat is out of the bag, anyone can copy it. The attorney can show how to protect your recipe with contractual arrangements with anyone that you share it with.

Some additional notes: Casual mentions that he has sent money to a publication to copyright his recipe. He has wasted his money, the monent he wrote down his recipe he created his copyright. The problem is that it is a near worthless copyright. All it does is prevent someone else from publishing the words that he wrote in another publication. Anyone can rewrite his recipe in their own words and there is not a legal thing that he can do about it.

What you want to create for a cocktail recipe is a trademark. Find a unique name for your drink and have it trademarked. Then no other business can advertise that cocktail under that name. They can still use the recipe, but will have to call it something different. Of course you'd still need enough money to pay a lawyer to sue them for an infringement if they violated your trademark. Unless you have pretty deep pockets your best bet might be to make a connection to one of the liquor or flavoring companies whose products you use and see what kind of a promotional deal you could make or to look into manufacturing a mix under your own trademark.

Answer 3

Recipes are pretty much public domain, but you can bottle your concoction and sell it.

Answer 4

50.00 to copy right avg, and submit to industry