Stateside Calls Out A-B’s Skimmers Brand as “Strikingly Similar” in Lawsuit

Dear Client:  On Tuesday, Surfside parent Stateside Brands brought suit against Anheuser-Busch in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The cause? Trade dress infringement and unfair competition (under 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq. and Pennsylvania common law). Stateside argues that A-B has sought to “trade off the tremendous goodwill Stateside has built in its highly recognizable, extremely popular, and hugely successful SURFSIDE beverages.” This, as the world's largest brewer introduced a similar iced tea and lemonade