# C_2009032EN.01002701.xml

| 7.2.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 32/27 |
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7.2.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 32/27

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Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 December 2008 — Budějovický Budvar v OHIM — Anheuser-Busch (BUD)

(Joined Cases T-225/06, T-255/06, T-257/06 and T-309/06) (1)

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(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Applications for Community word and figurative marks BUD - Appellations ‘bud’ - Relative grounds for refusal - Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2009/C 32/49)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik (Česke Budějovice, Czech Republic) (represented by: F. Fajgenbaum and C. Petsch, lawyers)

Applicant:

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)

Defendant:

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the Court of First Instance: Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (Saint Louis, Missouri, United States) (represented: initially by V. von Bomhard, A. Renck, B. Goebel and A. Pohlmann, and subsequently by V. von Bomhard, A. Renck and B. Goebel, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the Court of First Instance:

Re:

Actions brought against decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 June 2006 (Case R 234/2005-2), 28 June 2006 (Cases R 241/2005-2 and R 802/2004-2) and 1 September 2006 (Case R 305/2005-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik and Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Orders the joinder of Cases T-225/06, T-255/06, T-257/06 and T-309/06 for the purposes of the judgment; |
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Orders the joinder of Cases T-225/06, T-255/06, T-257/06 and T-309/06 for the purposes of the judgment;

| 2. | Annuls the decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs (OHIM) of 14 June (Case R 234/2005-2), 28 June (Cases R 241/2005-2 and R 802/2004-2) and 1 September 2006 (Case R 305/2005-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik and Anheuser-Busch, Inc.; |
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Annuls the decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs (OHIM) of 14 June (Case R 234/2005-2), 28 June (Cases R 241/2005-2 and R 802/2004-2) and 1 September 2006 (Case R 305/2005-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik and Anheuser-Busch, Inc.;

| 3. | Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay two thirds of the costs of Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik; |
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Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay two thirds of the costs of Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik;

| 4. | Orders Anheuser-Busch to bear its own costs and to pay one third of the costs of Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik. |
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Orders Anheuser-Busch to bear its own costs and to pay one third of the costs of Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik.

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(1)  OJ C 261, 28.10.2006.

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