STOP PRESS: BUD WAR HOTS UP

The BBC report is somewhat muddled, but the message is clear: Anheuser-Busch is appealing against last year's European Court of Human Rights ruling (blogged here and here by the IPKat last year) that its Portuguese trade mark application was not a 'possession' under the European Convention on Human Rights. Thanks to Jim Davies for letting the Kat know. A More detailed analysis will follow ...