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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9934

3 July 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Brewer Bavaria NV can keep its name

Brussels, 02/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - In a judgment handed down on 2 July, the Court of Justice of the European Communities ruled, in a case brought by an association of German brewers from the Bavaria region (case C-343/07), that the second largest Dutch brewer, Bavaria NV, could keep its name. However, while the Bavarian brewers can do nothing against the registration of the name “Bavaria”, the Court upheld their exclusive right to use the expression “Bayerisches Bier”, which has...

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