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8 October 2019PatentsRory O'Neill

USITC judge recommends ban on Stella Artois draught system

A US International Trade Commission (ITC) judge has recommended issuing an exclusion order against Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev, after finding that the Belgium-headquartered brewer infringed a Heineken patent related to the storage of beer in kegs.

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