Bristol's Lakota nightclub wins battle over name
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The family-run Lakota nightclub opened in 1992
The Lakota nightclub in Bristol has won a battle with a national pub chain to stop it using the same name for some of its bars.
Mitchells & Butlers, which owns 1,600 bars including the All Bar One and Browns brands, started using the Lakota name in locations including Manchester.
Bristol club owner Marti Burgess said: "We have a national reputation and we hit them with everything we had."
A statement from Mitchells & Butlers said the matter had been resolved.
'Unashamedly underground'
Ms Burgess said the process of protecting the club's name had been "daunting and expensive".
She said: "What they were doing was very commercial and it was just so not like our thing, and I thought we're not going to have this.
"We're not having another load of Lakotas all over the country."
The family-run Lakota nightclub first opened in 1992 and its owners describe it as an "unashamedly underground music" venue.
Mitchells & Butlers said: "All legal actions between and among the parties have been discontinued."