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There’s no end in sight to the ongoing legal disputes between Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors, the subsidiary of Molson Coors.
The legal issues between the two beer giants started brewing in February, when Anheuser-Busch aired a Bud Light ad during the Super Bowl suggesting that other competitors, such as Miller Lite and Coors Light, use corn syrup in their products. Now, in a new heavily redacted court filing, Anheuser-Busch is accusing MillerCoors of obtaining trade secrets, specifically the recipes to Bud Light and Michelob Ultra.
“Today, we filed in federal court claims alleging that MillerCoors violated state and federal law by misappropriating our trade secrets, including our beer recipes,” Anheuser-Busch said in a statement. “We will enforce our right to uncover how high up this may reach in the MillerCoors organization.
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