Budvar claims to have won around 60 per cent of the cases it has fought with many others ending in a draw or agreed settlement. And at one point, in 2007, it seemed detente was on the cards: the two sides reached an agreement that stated AB InBev would market Budvar/Czechvar in the United States and several other countries for an undisclosed fee. However, both sides were adamant this did not affect any ongoing lawsuits. Unfortunately, the thawing of relations didn't last and the partnership was terminated in 2012. Fears – rightly or wrongly – that AB InBev was using the deal as a pretext to a takeover were never far away.