Czech Brewer Wins Trademark Case Against US Rival in Bulgaria

A Bulgarian court has ruled in favor of the state-owned Czech brewer Budějovický Budvar in a trademark dispute with the US-based brewer Anheuser-Busch over the right to use the trademark “Bud” in Bulgaria.

The Sofia Municipal Court rejected Anheuser-Busch’s attempt to challenge Budvar’s registration of “Bud” as a protected geographic indication of origin and ordered cancellation of two Anheuser-Busch trademarks: “Bud” and “American Bud”. Budvar is seeking cancellation of other trademarks registered by the US brewer in Bulgaria, including “Anheuser-Busch Bud”.

Budějovický Budvar and Anheuser-Busch have been involved in a long-running legal dispute over the rights to the “Bud” trademark in the EU. You can read more about this case here.

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Source: Czech Position news portal