This Bud's for EU. - Democratic Underground

Rann

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Wed Mar-16-05 01:34 PM
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This Bud's for EU.

http://www.washtimes.com/business/20050316-120119-5042r.htm

This Bud's for EU.
The World Trade Organization yesterday said Anheuser-Busch has rights to the "Budweiser" and "Bud" names in most European Union countries, overruling a Czech rival that claimed the name as a matter of geography and history.
The WTO ruling did not directly name Anheuser-Busch, based in St. Louis, or Budejovicky Budvar, a Czech brewery based in Ceske Budejovice, a town name that translates into the German word "Budweis" and is the origin of the Budweiser name.
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Goldmund

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Wed Mar-16-05 01:37 PM
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1. Please read the LBN posting rules...

...and welcome to DU.

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Kellanved

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Wed Mar-16-05 03:41 PM
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2. Hardly news

That's the way it has been for a decade.
But considering that it's the WTimes we are talking about, that's hardly surprising.

So no change there: Bud keeps the right to attempt selling their alcoholized water under the "Bud" brand, while the Czech may continue to sell their beer as well. The single interesting point, the question which regulation to apply during the World Cup, was completely missed by the Moonie Times.

The EU protects locations stronger than brands, in the US it is the other way round (Think of Parma ham and tons of other examples).

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