does anyone know what it takes to officially own/copyright an alcohol drink?

Question

where can I go to get the license to a drink I have came up with?
does it take a lot of money to do so?
does it take a long time to become official and go through until I would own all the rights?
IS it possible or do you have to have like thousands upon thousands of dollars?

Answer 1

Forget about it.Alcohol, in its myriad configurations, is public domain, Scooter.

Answer 2

If you have a new process for manufacturing an alcholic drink, you might be able to get it patented.

But if your drink is just an admixture of existing ingredients, then you can't claim ownership to that admixture, because there is no copyright on ideas.

Your written recipe can be copyrighted--and is, from the moment you write it out, whether or not you apply for a copyright. But someone can use the ideas within it.

This is one reason why some cooks guard their recipes.

You could open a bar, sell the drink, and refuse to give out the formula.

Answer 3

In addition to the above comments, patents require novelty. In your case the drink has to be so outrageous that no one has ever mixed that up before. If someone did/does without knowing about your patent application, then that throws your claim of novelty out the window. It is hard to imagine any mix that some drunken slob hasn't tried before, and once your claims hit the street, many will come out of the woodwork and say they've done that already. So name the drink after yourself and try and get what notoriety you can for that.

Answer 4

The only way to protect a drink recipe is to bottle and distribute it. Like Smirnoff Ice or Woody's Cocktails. And that does cost thousands of dollars.

Answer 5

probably more than it is worth. but check the patent office.