From nick Sent Thu, Jul 1st 1999, 11:36
From nick Sent Thu, Jul 1st 1999, 11:36
> > budweiser is originally czech beer. > > Or, more accurately, Czech beer was originally budweiser. The Czech > company was started in like the 15th century, but never got an > international trademark, so Budweiser America sued and won rights to their > name, cuch that the Czech Bud is now Budvar (vor? I forget) anywhere but > Czechoslovakia, I mean the Czech Republic. It's a funny mess that I'm > sure a few people are pissed off about. At least this has been my > understanding of the situation. It's called Budvar in the czech republic, too. Nick