Book contents
- Beer Law
- Beer Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 About Beer, Beer Brewing, and Beer Law
- 2 Germany
- 3 Healthy Laws for Unhealthy Beers?
- 4 The Nordic Countries
- 5 Beer Seen through Intellectual Property Glasses, and Intellectual Property through Beer Glasses
- 6 Belgium as a Beer Country (or Beer as a Belgian Country?)
- 7 Consumer Protection and Unfair Competition Law
- 8 Czech Beer Culture
- 9 Contracts, Competition, International Trade, and the Environment
- 10 North America
- 11 Why Tax Beer
- 12 British and Irish Beer Traditions
- 13 Broader Lessons from the Regulation of Beer
- Postscript
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Beer Seen through Intellectual Property Glasses, and Intellectual Property through Beer Glasses
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 September 2025
Book contents
- Beer Law
- Beer Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 About Beer, Beer Brewing, and Beer Law
- 2 Germany
- 3 Healthy Laws for Unhealthy Beers?
- 4 The Nordic Countries
- 5 Beer Seen through Intellectual Property Glasses, and Intellectual Property through Beer Glasses
- 6 Belgium as a Beer Country (or Beer as a Belgian Country?)
- 7 Consumer Protection and Unfair Competition Law
- 8 Czech Beer Culture
- 9 Contracts, Competition, International Trade, and the Environment
- 10 North America
- 11 Why Tax Beer
- 12 British and Irish Beer Traditions
- 13 Broader Lessons from the Regulation of Beer
- Postscript
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Intellectual property plays a central role in beer law, and this chapter addresses a range of intellectual property issues including trademarks, geographical indication, patents, know-how, and trade secrets. Importantly, the chapter also analyses the beer market on both a global and local level.
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- Beer Law , pp. 76 - 106Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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