‘Yellowstone’ creator Taylor Sheridan’s ranch is suing star Cole Hauser’s coffee brand

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brewing around the cast and crew of “Yellowstone” but it’s happening off set.The drama’s star Cole Hauser‘s coffee brand, Free Rein Coffee Company, is being sued by Bosque Ranch — which is owned by the show’s creator Taylor Sheridan.A lawsuit was filed Nov.

21 by the ranch against Free Rein in the Northern District of Texas’ federal court in San Angelo for trademark infringement.It cited unfair competition and false advertising in the filing.The suit claimed that Free Rein uses “a brand mark strikingly similar to Bosque Ranch’s registered trademark, potentially misleading consumers,” according to San Angelo Live.Both the caffeine company and the ranch use a similar logo, with the letters B and R intertwining.

Hauser, 48, who plays fan-favorite cowboy Rip Wheeler on the Western, launched the company with his three friends Karl Pfluger, Aron Marquez and Paul Anderson.

The brand embodies “the spirit of the West … the dreamer’s mindset and callused hands of those cowboys [Hauser] admired,” according to Free Rein’s website.The Bosque Ranch has been used as a location spot to film “Yellowstone,” as well as its prequel “1883.”The ranch even dropped its own java brand alongside Community Coffee earlier this year.The Post reached out to Hauser and Sheridan’s reps for comment.“Yellowstone” will debut its final five episode season next November and will start filming in the spring.It’s still unknown if star Kevin Costner — who played patriarch John Dutton — will return to the final season.