date:Jul 05, 2012
whether AB InBev's application should be granted, given the use of the 'Budweiser' name in good faith by both companies for over 30 years.
On September 22, the CJEU ruled that the 1989 Council Directive, 89/104/EEC, relating to trademarks stated that a trademark should be considered as not registered, or liable to be declared invalid, if it was identical with an earlier trademark, and goods and services covered by the two trademarks were identical.
But the CJEU also c