A Kentucky Family Business, an Iconic Seal & a Lawsuit Maker’s Mark recently won a decade-long lawsuit in federal court, which decided to protect the brand’s famous red dripping wax. Here’s ...

The dripping red wax seal on a bottle of Maker's Mark is not only distinctive, it's now exclusive legal property of the bourbon company.

Maker's Mark said there is no automation when it comes to the distinctive red wax seal that adorns every bottle of the popular whiskey brand.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has found that the red wax seal on the Maker's Mark bourbon whiskey is protected trade dress. The ruling gave Judge Boyce Martin Jr. an opportunity ...

Maker's Mark is known for its quality bourbon and unusual spelling. But it's perhaps each bottle's red wax seal that is the distillery's biggest claim to fame.

Ed Reinke/Associated Press “The court considers the red dripping wax seal inherently distinctive, because it is a unique mark used in an unusual way to draw in the consumer,” Judge Heyburn wrote.

Drip, drip, drip: Federal court says Maker's Mark owns trademark on red wax seal atop bottles In this Wednesday, April 8, 2009 photo, a bottle of Maker's Mark bourbon is dipped in red wax during a ...

The amount of manual labor that goes into the bourbon making process — from handling the barrels to the bottle’s signature red wax seal — surprised Geneen. For starters, one rule of bourbon ...

The producer of Maker’s Mark bourbon can enforce its trademark on the signature red dripping wax seal on its bottles and rivals may not use a similar seal, an appeals court ruled. Noting bour… ...

Maker's Mark said there is no automation when it comes to the distinctive red wax seal that adorns every bottle of the popular whiskey brand.