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New trademark gives Naples a pizza history
Traditional pizza makers in Europe celebrated this month after a protective mark for Naples' famed Neapolitan variety came into effect. An IP...
18th February 2010 | Food & Beverages | Trademarks
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EPO to wade through vegetable patent soup
Plant-related IP has sprouted back into the spotlight following a European Patent Office (EPO) announcement of an opposition hearing in two key...
10th February 2010 | Food & Beverages | Patents
CIPA saves farmers' bacon over patent fears
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) has stepped in to reassure Europe's farmers that their businesses are unlikely to be affected...
24th April 2009 | Food & Beverages | Patents
Bite the wax tadpole
When Coca-Cola first entered the Chinese market in 1928, company representatives faced the conundrum of coming up with a sequence of characters...
22nd November 2007 | Food & Beverages | Lighter Side
Cola infringement loses its fizz
The Delhi High Court has ruled in favour of Coca-Cola after a Jodhpur-based local company tried to sell a soft drink named ‘FACTA’....
5th September 2007 | Food & Beverages | Trademarks
Drinks row bubbles over
Soft drinks maker, PepsiCo Inc, has won a lawsuit filed by rival Coca-Cola Co over a patent for containers used to dispense soft-drink syrup.
27th July 2007 | Food & Beverages | Patents
Water company loses its bottle
A mineral water bottling company has been barred from using a name similar to that of a world famous Scotch whisky.
11th July 2007 | Food & Beverages | Trademarks
Whisky sour: body to appeal 'Glen' ruling
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) is to contest a decision of 24 January by the Canadian Trade Marks Opposition Board that fails to endorse...
26th January 2007 | Food & Beverages | Trademarks
Coca-Cola trade secrets trial begins
16th January 2007 | Food & Beverages | Patents
Battling brewers form historic trade alliance
The beginning of this week saw an important distribution deal between rival brewers Anheuser-Busch and Budejovicky Budvar, heralding a thaw in the...
9th January 2007 | Food & Beverages | Trademarks

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