![]() ![]() (This, Fingers readers will recall, is the same chemical conundrum currently at issue in a separate lawsuit between Monster and Bang, in which the former has accused the latter of false advertising. ![]() The heavily redacted 177-page decision turns on a few questions, but chief among them is whether the “Super-Creatine” that Bang advertises its beverages to contain is actually creatine, or just bullshit. Makes that $56 million Stone ruling against Molson Coors last week look like small potatoes, eh? Eliot say April is the cruellest month, and the MAGA megadonor would likely agree, seeing as how earlier this week an arbitrator ruled that Vital Pharmaceuticals (Owoc’s holding company, aka VPX, which does not in fact produce pharmaceuticals) must pay Orange Bang and rival Monster Energy a whopping $175 million for infringing the former brand’s trademark, plus another $9 million in attorneys fees to both companies for good measure. ![]() Longtime Fingers favorite Jack Owoc, the pseudoscientific meathead CEO of Bang Energy, came into 2022 fresh off a cameo in HBO’s How To with John Wilson, the launch of a hard seltzer line extension, and a year of gangbusters N/A sales to boot. A man, his ‘gram, and a colossal cash penalty. ![]()
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