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Anheuser Busch loses Budweiser trademark appeal in Lithuania
Thursday, 31 July 2003Anheuser-Busch Inc. has lost its latest trademark dispute over the Budweiser name to Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar. An appeals court in Lithuania upheld a May ruling of a court in the capital, Vilnius, guaranteeing its right to the exclusive use of the Budweiser name in Lithuania, according to a statement from the company. The court pronounced that Anheuser-Busch's argument that it has registered the trademark in several other countries was irrelevant.
Budvar has already claimed recent trademark victories in Spain, Taiwan, Portugal and Austria. Budejovicky Budvar was founded in 1895 in a town called Budweis by the German-speaking people that lived in the area at the time. The company exports its beer to the United States under the Czechvar name.
Anheuser claims that it has used the Budweiser trademark since 1876, 19 years before Budejovicky Budvar was established. Anheuser-Busch has won exclusive rights to the Bud name in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Italy and New Zealand. However, last year it lost a bid to block Budejovicky Budvar from using the name in Great Britain.
Source: St Louis Business Journal
Budvar has already claimed recent trademark victories in Spain, Taiwan, Portugal and Austria. Budejovicky Budvar was founded in 1895 in a town called Budweis by the German-speaking people that lived in the area at the time. The company exports its beer to the United States under the Czechvar name.
Anheuser claims that it has used the Budweiser trademark since 1876, 19 years before Budejovicky Budvar was established. Anheuser-Busch has won exclusive rights to the Bud name in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Italy and New Zealand. However, last year it lost a bid to block Budejovicky Budvar from using the name in Great Britain.
Source: St Louis Business Journal