WTO – INDICATIONS – BUDVAR
November 1st, 2004
Keith NuthallAMERICAN newspapers are reporting that the United States has been rebuffed on a World Trade Organisation (WTO) case focusing on the Budweiser brand battle. Washington has been trying to get European Union (EU) geographical indication laws declared illegal under global intellectual property rules because they protected the use of the brand by Czech brewer Budejovický Budvar. Although US diplomats have been claiming that a WTO disputes panel has criticised EU rules for failing to give high quality imported products (including Champagne and Scotch ...
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