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Article: Case Closed: Anheuser-Busch Blocks Czech Brewer From Using Budweiser in Sweden.
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- PR Newswire Europe
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- May 16, 2006
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ST. LOUIS, May 16 /PRNewswire/ --
- Supreme Court Ruling Supports Anheuser-Busch's Exclusive Budweiser Rights
The Supreme Court of Sweden found no reason to hear an appeal filed by Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar, ending a seven-year-old trademark dispute with Anheuser-Busch. The decision preserves the lower court ruling providing for Anheuser-Busch's exclusive "Budweiser" trademark rights in Sweden.
In January, the Svea Court of Appeals, guided by a 2005 World Trade Organization panel's decision, ruled that geographic indications protected in Europe cannot be used in translation if they interfere with prior or existing trademarks. The court ...