date:Jul 05, 2012
Subsequently, both companies were entered onto the UK Trade Marks Register as proprietors of the mark in May 2000.
However, in 2005 AB-InBev applied through the UK Trade Mark Registry to have Budvar's registration declared invalid.
AB InBev argued that its 1979 application to register 'Budweiser' for use with 'beer, ale and porter' predated Budvar's in 1989.
'Budweiser' name used in good faith
Thereafter, the CA sought clarification from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on