Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2007:167
Date: 2007-06-12
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Concepts: Earlier non-registered mark or other earlier sign used in the course of trade
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Czechia

Order of the Court of First Instance of 12 June 2007 - Budějovický Budvar v OHIM - Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (BUDWEISER) (Joined Cases T 53/04 to T 56/04, T 58/04 and T 59/04) 1 (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Applications for a Community word mark BUDWEISER - Appellations of origin registered under the Lisbon Agreement - Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Rejection of the opposition) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Budějovický Budvar, established in (České Budějovice, Czech Republic) (represented by: F. Fajgenbaum, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and I. de Medrano Caballero, Agents) 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 by: initially V. von Bomhard, A. Renck, A. Pohlmann, D. Ohlgart and B. Goebel, and subsequently V. von Bomhard, A. Renck, D. Ohlgart and B. Goebel, lawyers) Re: Action brought against six decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 December 2003 (Cases R 820/2001-2, R 822/2001-2, R 823/2001-2, R 921/2001-2, R 29/2002-2 and R 32/2002-2), concerning opposition proceedings between Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik and Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the applications in Joined Cases T-53/04 to T-56/04, T-58/04 and T-59/04; Orders Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 94, 17.4.2004.