Bulgarian petrol station copyright breach

The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) has fined petrol station operator Verona 2002 for imitating the Petrol brand. Verona 2002 was fined 7160 leva, Bulgarian-language daily Dnevnik said.

In 2008, Petrol sold a petrol station in the village of Oreshak to Verona 2002. For 13 months after the transfer of ownership, the new owner continued to use the same brand-style as Petrol; a griffin, a stylized letter P and the word petrol, Dnevnik said

source from: The Sofia Echo
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  1. ASG said...

    Good news for branded networks operators. Seems like Bulgaria is becoming more civilized. Will this be a good example to the rest of Eastern Europe?

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