I would like to find out information related to who currently owns the
rights of the Old McBrayer Whiskey brand name. I do not need
information on past owners but instead information about who owns the
brand name now, and how I can contact them. I would hope any
information would be confirmed first before answer; thanks.

I have done a little searching and have been led to Jim Beam but am
unsure whether this is correct. As far as I know the whiskey was
bottled in Kentucky.

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 23 Oct 2005 20:43 PDT

The Old McBrayer brand name was assigned in 1957 to a company that
still exists.  I can give you contact information for that company,
but be advised that the company is no longer in the liquor business
and has allowed the Old McBrayer trademark registration to expire. Are
you interested?

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Clarification of Question by artqs-ga on 23 Oct 2005 20:46 PDT

That information would probably be helpful, but if the registration
has expired, does this mean nobody has ownership of it now?

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 23 Oct 2005 21:05 PDT

Possibly. 

 "A dead or abandoned status for a trademark application means that
specific application is no longer under prosecution within the USPTO,
and would not be used as a bar against your filing. It does not
necessarily mean that there are not other marks that might be in use
in commerce (i.e., certain marks can be dead or abandoned, but are
still in use in commerce)"
http://www.mycorporation.com/trademark/tmsearchfaq.htm#dead


Getting back to Old McBrayer, would you consider the name of company
that was assigned the brand in 1957 (along with current contact
information) an acceptable answer to this question?

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Clarification of Question by artqs-ga on 23 Oct 2005 21:08 PDT

Yes, if that is in fact the last known owner of the trademark
registration for the Old McBrayer brand name, their contact
information would be acceptable as an answer. Thanks so much for your
quick help.

Hello.

Here's the trademark mark entry for Old McBrayer whiskey:

Old McBrayer
Serial Number: 71240735
Registration Number: 226667
http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=71240735

Serial #: 71240735
Reg #: 0226667 
Assignor: NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORPORATION.
Assignee: NATIONAL DISTILLERS AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION. 
Exec Dt: 05/01/1957
http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=tm&qt=rno&reel=&frame=&sno=&rno=0226667&asnr=&asnri=&asne=&asnei=&asns=&apct=&apcti=&rgst=&rgsti=

Thus, National Distillers and Chemical Corp. was the last registered
owner of the Old McBrayer trademark.

"1988   National Distillers and Chemical Corp. sold its liquor
business to American Brands and changed its name to Quantum Chemical
Corp."
http://timelines.ws/20thcent/1988.HTML


In 1997, Quantum Chemical Corp. became known as Millennium Petrochemicals Inc.

See:
"National Distillers and Chemical Corp., since known as Quantum
Chemical Corp. and currently known as Millennium Petrochemicals Inc."
source: Kentucky Office of Insurance
http://doi.ppr.ky.gov/kentucky/Documents/news/nr121801.asp

Also see: 
"MILLENNIUM PETROCHEMICALS INC.
...
CHANGED FROM QUANTUM CHEMICAL CORPORATION 03/31/1997
...
CHANGED FROM NATIONAL DISTILLERS AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION 02/04/1988 "
source: Arizona Corporations Division
http://starpas.cc.state.az.us/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/WService=wsbroker1/corp-detail.p?name-id=F00134696


Contact information for Millennium:
http://cbronline.com/companyprofile.asp?guid=D81CAB47-CB70-4AF6-AC6C-0951FA4F1C50
website at:
http://www.millenniumpetro.com/



As indicated above, National Distillers and Chemical Corp. sold its
liquor business to American Brands, Inc, in 1988.  In 1997, American
Brands became Fortune Brands.  See:
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22american+brands%22+%22fortune+brands%22+1997&btnG=Search
 
Contact information for Fortune Brands:
http://www.fortunebrands.com/util/contact.cfm

Again, though, even if the Old McBrayer brand was part of the sale by
National Distillers and Chemical Corp to American Brands (now Fortune
Brands), the Old McBrayer trademark was allowed to expire and is now
considered "dead" by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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search strategy:
uspto.gov
"National Distillers and Chemical"

Thanks.

Excellent response. Had question answered within one hour of posting
it and the answer contained the exact information I needed. Perfect.

Thank you for the tip.
-juggler