 The state-owned brewery and its Budweiser pale lager have been engaged in a trademark dispute with Anheuser-Busch, a brewery in the United States, over the right to market and sell the beer under the name "Budweiser" since the start of the 20th century.The brewery is incorporated as Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik ("Budweiser Budvar, national corporation").The history of brewing in České Budějovice () dates back to 1265, when Ottokar II, King of Bohemia, granted the city brewing rights.