00:36 • 07 Jan 2009
News Stories belonging to Food & Beverages
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When Coca-Cola first entered the Chinese market in 1928, company representatives faced the conundrum of coming up with a sequence of characters that represented the sounds 'koh ka ko lah' without meaning anything ridiculous or obscene. While they delib...
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’. The Court accepted Coke’s contention that the ‘FACTA’ name was too similar to that of the bet...-
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.
Coca-Cola has twice successfully sued PepsiCo over the patented technology for a specially constructed collaps... 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.
This week the Delhi High Court determined that the ‘WAT 69’ brand of water produced by SM Enterprises was too similar to tha...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 special protection for the word ‘Glen’ as a unique feature of Scotch whiskies. Instead, the ruling ba...Coca-Cola trade secrets trial begins
The jury is being selected today, Tuesday 16 January, for Coca-Cola’s trade secret trial against a former employee, Joya Willams, who has been charged with the intention of leaking confidential documents and samples of products to rival soft drink...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 century-long dispute over who owns the rights to the Budweiser trademark, and shocking industry observ...Drink domain makes pricey tipple
Sedo, the domain-brokering unit of Germany’s United Internet AG, announced on 15 December that it arranged the sale of vodka.com to Russian Standard Co earlier this month for $3 million. The deal makes the domain one of the most expensive ever trade...-
Following a USPTO decision on 3 August not to renew the Havana Club rum mark jointly owned by the Cuban government and Pernod Ricard, Bacardi USA has swiftly claimed it. It can now add a touch of authenticity to its popular rum brand. Bacardi spokeswoman ...