Budvar Wins Trademark Battle With Budweiser in UK
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Published: January 15, 2013
| Updated: November 25, 2025
From the Associated Press:
PRAGUE (AP) — A British court has rejected for good brewery Anheuser-Busch’s request to block rival Budvar from selling its beer under the Budweiser trademark in the country, the latest ruling in a long legal battle over the brand name.
Britain’s Supreme Court confirmed Tuesday that it rejected on Jan. 8 a request by Anheuser-Busch to overturn a ruling by the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal had said Budejovicky Budvar NP should keep the right to the name.
The ruling means that unlike other markets, Anheuser-Busch and Budvar can both continue to use the Budweiser trademark in Britain. Both brewers were granted the right to use it in 2000.
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