ECJ SAYS BUDWEISER CAN BE CZECH AND AMERICAN IN BRITAIN
September 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) judges today declared EU laws allow both Czech brewer Bud?jovický Budvar and Anheuser-Busch In Bev to use the trademark Budweiser in the UK because "consumers are well aware of the difference" between the companies' beers.
Opposing a bid by Anheuser-Busch In Bev to cancel Budvar's year 2000 UK registration of the mark, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said AB In Bev had the right to make its application, because it registered its mark first. However, it added this should only succeed if the later mark had ...
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