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Budweiser not Bud in UK

The US brewers of Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch, cannot use the name ‘Bud’ to describe their beer, as this is owned by state-owned Czech brewers, Budejovicky Budvar. This was the verdict of three law lords in a case in which the US brewer, the world’s largest, took on the Czech brewer which is only the fourth largest in the Czech Republic.

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