This chart shows how the UK’s beer market has changed in eight years

The craft beer boom has led to a 20% surge in people registering trademarks for beers in the UK, according to new research, which warns of a rise in legal disputes ahead as brands are “likely to overlap”

A rising consumer demand for limited edition and small batch beers means that breweries are launching far more products which carry their own protections, with the number of beer trademarks in the UK doubling since 2010, according to research by City law firm RPC.

The past three years have seen the most rapid growth, with an average of almost….