A recent CNN report, AB InBev accuses rival Miller Coors of
obtaining the secret recipe of Bud Light, (CNN 18 October
2019), deals with the interesting issue of trade secrets.
The headline, of course, gives you a fair idea of what the case is
all about.
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, alleges
that rival brewer Miller Coors wrongly got its hands on the recipes
for the Bud Light and Michelob Ultra beers. These recipes, say AB
InBev, are trade secrets. There are now court proceedings underway
in the USA and the court papers have apparently been heavily
redacted – this is seemingly due to the secrecy surrounding
the beer-making process! The claim is that a Miller Coors employee
(who had previously been with AB InBev) persuaded a former workmate
from AB InBev to send him the recipes, recipes that were apparently
very clear and specific. It is further claimed that the Miller
Coors’ employee approached his former colleague at the
specific request of his
