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There are cases like this where small businesses get over run by million dollar companies which have dozens of lawyers covering their backs. Usually their cases have a foundation that makes sense, but in some situations like the interesting case of Monster Energy Drink attacking Vermonster beer the claims are considered outrageous.

Rock Art Brewery is a home based business in Vermont that has been brewing a fine beer called Vermonster for a long time, and now gets threatened by a large company called Hansen Natural Corp that their Vermonster has a name that is too close to their Monster Energy Drink.

Rock Art Brewery is taking action against this and has already contacted trademark lawyers that have given their professional opinion about the incident and are stating that there is no copyright infingement.

Rock Art Brewery fears that the million dollar company can easily run them over in court because of the money that they can afford to spend on the case, and is hoping that the citizens of the United States would take this as public as they can, and do what is possible to make the existense of small businesses in the USA possible.

Do you already know what Monster Energy Drink tastest like?

For the economy the holiday times are actually quite important. A majority of the worlds shopping is done near the christmas and this has always a rejuvenating effect on the businesses. This year the confidence of the consumers is dipping and we are expecting an all time low in spending.

Employment is an issue which worries most of the consumers, and this has lead to people expecting less gits. Not only are the consumers going to buy less gifts, but they are also going to spend less in food and decorations.

The consumer confidence index (CCI) has dropped from the figures of above 54 in august to below 54 in September, and the experts expect it to drop even more as we approach the Holidays.

Due to the fact that consumer spending makes the majority of the economic action of the US there is extreme monitoring of households done.

It remains to be seen if everyone is waiting for the sales after the Holidays to make their shopping.