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达能在印度可能遭到起诉!

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据英国金融时报报道，法国食品及饮料集团达能(Danone)不仅在中国卷入了与合资伙伴的争端，在印度也遇到了麻烦。由于饼干品牌Tiger的国际授权问题出现争议，达能在印度可能遭到起诉。

印度的Tiger品牌于1995年由Britannia Industries公司创建，这是一家具有90年历史的老字号饼干公司，在孟买证交所(Bombay stock exchange)上市。

达能通过与印度集团企业Wadia Group组建的对等持股合资企业，持有Britannia公司51%的股权。

Wadia表示，合资企业的运营一直非常顺利，直到2004年，Britannia发现达能以Tiger品牌在印尼、马来西亚、新加坡、巴基斯坦和埃及销售饼干，而且在大约70个国家注册了这一品牌。

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江南游子发布于2007-04-14 15:57:18: Danone faces India brand suit

April 12, 2007 9:10 PM ET Copyright 2007 Financial Times

Danone, the French food and drinks group embroiled in a dispute with a joint-venture partner in China, is also having difficulties in India, where it faces legal action in a disagreement over the licensing of international rights to the Tiger biscuit brand.

India's Tiger brand was created in 1995 by Britannia Industries, a 90-year old biscuit company listed on the Bombay stock exchange.

Danone owns 51 per cent of Britannia in a 50-50 joint venture with Wadia Group, an Indian conglomerate.

Wadia says the joint venture ran smoothly until 2004, when Britannia discovered Danone had been selling biscuits under the Tiger brand in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Pakistan and Egypt, and had registered the brand in some 70 countries.

The group, which claims that all intellectual property related to the brand belongs to Britannia, says Danone did not tell Britannia's board that it had registered and launched the brand in other countries. It says it has given Danone "legal notice" to return the licensing rights. Danone disagrees with Wadia's version of events. It says it did tell Britannia's board that it had registered the Tiger brand in other countries.

"Danone is currently in negotiations with Wadia regarding Britannia in India and therefore would not be in a position to comment publicly about the status of those talks," Danone said.

"However, what we can say is that the international registration of the Tiger brand was made with the full knowledge and support of the Britannia management and the Wadia Group."

The disagreement between Danone and Wadia amid Danone's problems in China, where it has threatened legal action against Wahaha, its joint venture partner there.

Danone has accused Wahaha of setting up a rival business to sell the same products as those marketed by the joint venture.

Wadia says it has been having discussions with Danone over the past two years to resolve the dispute over Tiger biscuits, but that the French group keeps changing its position on the matter.

Vinita Bali, Wadia chief executive, said: "Danone's response has been a shifting stance."

Wadia says Danone has offered to pay ?1m ($1.34m) as compensation for its use of the Tiger brand, but has also demanded a five-year exclusive licensing agreement in Malaysia, Indonesia, Egypt, Pakistan and Singapore.

Wadia says it wants the rights to Tiger returned to Britannia before it will negotiate.

Danone includes Tiger in a list of biscuit brands on its website, calling it the "Number 1" biscuit brand in Asia.