Editing Budweiser (section)

==Name origin and dispute==
{{Main|Budweiser trademark dispute}}
[[File:Bud and Budvar.jpg|thumb|American Budweiser is sold in most of the [[European Union]] as "Bud" (left). At right is a bottle of [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[Budweiser Budvar Brewery|Budweiser]].]]

The name ''Budweiser'' is a [[German language|German]] derivative adjective, meaning "of Budweis". Beer has been brewed in Budweis, Bohemia (now [[České Budějovice]], Czech Republic) since it was founded in 1265.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.budejovickybudvar.cz/en/o-spolecnosti/historie.html|title=History of the brewery|website=Budějovický Budvar, n.p.|language=en|access-date=December 6, 2017|archive-date=December 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206205509/http://www.budejovickybudvar.cz/en/o-spolecnosti/historie.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1876, [[Adolphus Busch]] and his friend Carl Conrad developed a "[[Bohemia]]n-style" lager in the [[United States]], inspired after a trip to Bohemia, and produced it in their brewery in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].

Anheuser–Busch has been involved in multiple trademark disputes with the Budweiser Budvar Brewery of České Budějovice over the trademark rights to the name "Budweiser".

In the [[European Union]], except [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Sweden]], [[Finland]] and [[Spain]], the American beer may only be marketed as ''Bud'', as the Budweiser trademark name is owned solely by the Czech beer maker Budweiser Budvar.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703578104575397070661513504|title=EU Rejects Appeal for Bud Trademark|work=The Wall Street Journal|first1=Susan|last1=Carey|first2=Peppi|last2=Kiviniemi|date=July 29, 2010|access-date=August 12, 2017|archive-date=February 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201040734/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703578104575397070661513504|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://ekonomika.ihned.cz/c1-45317230-pripad-uzavren-znacka-budweiser-v-eu-patri-do-ceskych-budejovic-rozhodl-soud Případ uzavřen: Značka Budweiser v EU patří do Českých Budějovic, rozhodl soud] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801185548/http://ekonomika.ihned.cz/c1-45317230-pripad-uzavren-znacka-budweiser-v-eu-patri-do-ceskych-budejovic-rozhodl-soud |date=August 1, 2010 }} {{in lang|cs}}</ref> In some countries, such as the [[United Kingdom]], both the Budvar and Anheuser–Busch lagers are available under the Budweiser name, though their logos differ.<ref>{{cite web |title= Results for "budweiser" |url= https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/search?query=budweiser&icid=tescohp_sws-1_m-sug_in-budweiser_ab-226-b_out-budweiser&preservedReferrer=https://www.tesco.com/ |publisher= [[TESCO]] |access-date= May 13, 2021 |archive-date= May 13, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210513093251/https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/search?query=budweiser&icid=tescohp_sws-1_m-sug_in-budweiser_ab-226-b_out-budweiser&preservedReferrer=https://www.tesco.com/ |url-status= live }}</ref>