Simon Stanes blogs for The IPKat on the Budweiser dispute

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January 1, 1970
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Trademarking

Simon Stanes, the head of EIP Brands, has contributed to a post on The IPKat blog following a ruling by the General Court in what could be the end to the long-running Budweiser trademark dispute.

The decision concerned the battle between Anheuser-Busch and Budvar, various aspects of which have been covered in previous EIP newsflashes in August 2012, May 2011, and February 2011; and in an EIP-authored article for US journal Intellectual Property Counselor.

Simon’s post is a collaboration with The IPKat’s lead blogger Jeremy Phillips, and can be read here.

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