Modelo Fights Uphill to Limit Definition of Beer at 2nd Cir. (1)

Ceveceria Modelo de Mexico’s bid to undo a verdict finding a licensing contract for the Corona brand for “beer” also included “seltzer” encountered resistance among a panel of Second Circuit judges.

CB Brand Strategies LLC argued the panel should uphold the jury’s broad interpretation allowing it to sell Corona seltzer in the United States during oral argument Tuesday at the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Modelo’s appeal argued the question of the meaning of the word “beer” shouldn’t have reached the jury because the literal definition excludes seltzer, but that if it did reach the jury, at ...