The BBC is running a story about how the Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar has won a case allowing it to continue to use the name "Bud" in the UK. In most of the rest of the world that right has been taken away from them by the lawyers from Anheuser-Busch (who market the popular American drink "Budweiser").
The Czech beer is one of the nicest beers around. The American drink (you can't dignify it with the name "beer") is horrible insipid stuff that no sane person would ever want to drink. The Czech beer has been brewed for centuries. The American drink has been brewed since 1876. It's good to see that the British courts put quality and tradition before marketing budgets.
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