A-B Hits Back at Stateside Over Trademark Suit

Dear Client:  Anheuser-Busch has responded to Surfside parent Stateside Brands’ lawsuit accusing the world's largest brewer in the country of wrongfully copying its “look” with its Skimmers vodka RTD. A-B’s take? Neither Surfside nor Skimmers’ packaging is all that unique, but instead emblematic of the category trend.  Recall, in the October suit accusing A-B of infringing its "trade dress," Surfside included side-by-side images comparing the overall look of its brand (gradient color design on bottom, white background with a sun