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... In re Reubens Brews stands out because the Board tends to uphold USPTO examiners’ Section 2(d) refusals, but here it did not.  This case is also interesting because just a couple of months before, the Board, in another beer/wine case, did find a likelihood of confusion between WINEBUD for wine and well-known BUD brand for beer.  That case was a so-called inter partes proceeding involving two parties, when one party opposed another party’s application.   A nheuser-Busch, LLC v. Innvopak Systems ...