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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Bulgarian petrol station copyright breach
Thursday, 18 February 2010 | Posted in Brand Manager, Business | 1 Comment
18 February 2010 at 09:37
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?