EU court okays Dutch, Italy to sell "Bavaria" beer

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Europe's highest court on Thursday upheld the right of Dutch and Italian brewers to sell their 'Bavaria' beer in Italy, rejecting a bid by a company making a rival beer with the equivalent name in German to stop them.

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