⚖️ Files federal trademark or copyright suits

Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1961–2011

Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (1961–2011): 4 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 457 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 81% of merits decisions).

Data summary based on public records (USPTO TTAB proceedings and PACER/CourtListener federal court dockets). Figures reflect filings on record, not a characterization of the merits or good faith of any individual action. Not legal advice.

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Federal court filings

0
Schedule-A cases
naming online sellers as defendants
4
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
0
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

422
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
35
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
229
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
54
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
173
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 81% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated has opposed

Real trademark applications Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated challenged at the USPTO — the kind of design that draws an opposition. If your artwork looks like one of these, expect pushback. Each links to its USPTO docket.

Source: USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board records. “Prevailed” means Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits. Images from public USPTO records.

Marks Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated has asserted in proceedings

ORIGINAL BUDWEISER  BUDWEISER LAGER BIER ONLY GENU
ORIGINAL BUDWEISER BUDWEISER LAGER BIER ONLY GENU
asserted in 19 proceedings
NORDIK WOLF
NORDIK WOLF
asserted in 6 proceedings
A
A
asserted in 5 proceedings
BUDWEISER AB GENUINE LAGER BEER THE WORLD RENOWNED
BUDWEISER AB GENUINE LAGER BEER THE WORLD RENOWNED
asserted in 5 proceedings
AB BUDWEISER
AB BUDWEISER
asserted in 5 proceedings
trademark
asserted in 4 proceedings
trademark
asserted in 3 proceedings
trademark
asserted in 3 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
BUDWEISERtext7237447823
BUD BOWLtext7377895422
BUDWEISERtext7240644321
ORIGINAL BUDWEISER BUDWEISER LAGER BIER ONLY GENU7001306419
KING OF BEERStext7226711519
BUD MANtext7301511317
MICHELOB ULTRA AMBERtext787992859
BUD ICEtext760408289
BUD BOWLtext737834448
ELEPHANTtext723462217
KING COBRAtext734622757
NORDIK WOLF734485126
BUD DRYtext737902826
WHERE THERE'S LIFE . . . THERE'S BUDtext721067835
A716849945
BUDWEISER AB GENUINE LAGER BEER THE WORLD RENOWNED723308755
CLYDESDALEtext732229085
AB BUDWEISER772617745
MICHELOB ULTRAtext781282844
BUD MANtext788546384
EAGLEtext732200984
BUD Y2Ktext754739574
CLASSIC DARKtext730989164
(design-only mark)736452544
MICHELOB ULTRAtext781282904
KING OF BEERStext744534984
BUDWEISERtext736314144
KNOW WHEN TO SAY WHENtext738363903
A Btext721390113
BUD LIGHTtext783497013
BUDWEISERtext762954333
(design-only mark)723105333
(design-only mark)784841633
BUDSHOP.COMtext764370823
A-Btext721995272
MICHELOB ULTRAtext787422872
IT'S A BUD THINGtext742564682
NATURAL LIGHT733882482
A B BUD DRY737902832
EVOLVEtext789093372
KING OF BEERStext737110022
BUDWEISER TRUEtext758766302
BUD MANtext761745382
BUD KINGtext762469872
MICHELOB SPECIALTY ALES & LAGERS752452052
CLYDESDALE FOOTBALLtext750293372
DR. Ytext737830302
KING OF BEERS B763290572
BUDWEISER.COMtext753143602
CLYDESDALES B784834652
CLYDESDALES B784834702
BUSCHtext745668902
BUDWEISER786813662
ACADIAtext744299142
THE ORIGINAL PARTY ANIMALtext736536261
KING OF BEERS763288921
BUDWEISER KING OF BEERS763288891
SPUDS MACKENZIE736932411
NATURAL PILSNERtext741489751
TEAM TALKtext737907471

From public USPTO records. A mark is listed when it appears as a senior asserted mark in TTAB or federal-court proceedings on file. Serial links open the USPTO TSDR record.

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Data sources: publicly published USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings (1951–2026, with possible gaps before electronic filing) and U.S. federal court dockets (PACER/CourtListener, nature-of-suit codes 840 and 820). Figures reflect filings on record and do not characterize the merits, validity, or legitimacy of any individual action by Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated. Trademark holders have legal rights — and in some doctrines, an obligation — to enforce registered marks. This page does not provide legal advice; consult licensed counsel for case-specific questions. See the full leaderboard.