Has there been any resolution on the trademark battle between Budweiser beer of Czechoslovakia and Budweiser beer of the United States?
Zoe
--- Andre Engels engels@uni-koblenz.de wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2003, Sean Barrett wrote:
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Alex R. wrote: | | wasn't Larousse the man the founder of Larousse
the company? This is
| the whole point of a trademark, you can't call
Spanish sparkling wine
| champagne as champagne is a trademark identified
with the production
| of sparking wine in a particular French region. | | Alex756
On the other hand, sparkling wine from California
''is'' called
champagne. Trademarks, especially in the
international arena, are seldom
absolute.
It's a bad example anyway, because 'Champagne' is not a trademark. A trademark is owned by a single company (although it might allow others to use it). "Champagne" is a _product name_ (and the European Union has specified that only when it is created in a certain region, the product name may be used).
Andre Engels
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