Alcoa Corporation and Alcoa USA Corp. v. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV et al.

  1. September 03, 2020

    Anheuser-Busch, Alcoa Patent Fight Will Go To Arbitration

    Aluminum giant Alcoa must arbitrate its patent dispute with Anheuser-Busch InBev relating to a type of lightweight aluminum used in the brewer's bottles, a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday, rejecting arguments that the right to arbitrate the dispute had been extinguished by a later agreement.

  2. August 20, 2020

    Alcoa Says Court Must Decide Venue For Fight With AB InBev

    An attorney for Alcoa Corp. told a New York federal judge on Thursday that he must decide whether the aluminum giant's patent dispute over a type of Anheuser-Busch InBev bottle belongs in arbitration, saying the current iteration of Alcoa never signed an underlying arbitration pact.

  3. July 02, 2020

    Alcoa Says Contract Fight With AB InBev Must Be Litigated

    Aluminum giant Alcoa is urging a New York federal court not to force it to arbitrate a patent dispute relating to a type of aluminum used in Anheuser-Busch InBev bottles, arguing that the brewer is targeting the wrong company due to a 2016 corporate restructuring.

  4. June 11, 2020

    AB InBev Wants Contract Row With Alcoa In Arbitration

    Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev and others have told a New York federal court that aluminum producer Alcoa can't get out of arbitrating claims that it violated a manufacturing contract when it secured patents on a type of aluminum that AB InBev found would improve productivity for a lightweight and reclosable aluminum bottle.