Joined Cases T-53/04 to T-56/04, T-58/04 and T-59/04: Order of the Court of First Instance of 12 June 2007 — Budějovický Budvar v OHIM — Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (BUDWEISER) (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)
Date: 2007-07-21
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), trade-mark law

21.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 170/19

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

Order of the Court of First Instance of 12 June 2007 —
Inc.
Budějovický Budvar v OHIM — Anheuser-Busch,

(BUDWEISER)

Order of the Court of First Instance of 12 June 2007 —
Budějovický Budvar and Anheuser-Busch v OHIM (AB
GENUINE Budweiser KING OF BEERS)

(Joined Cases T-53/04 to T-56/04, T-58/04 and T-59/04) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cations for a Community word mark BUDWEISER — Appel-
lations of origin registered under the Lisbon Agreement —
Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Rejection of the
opposition)

(2007/C 170/34)

Language of the case: English

(Joined Cases T-57/04 and T-71/04) (1)

((Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings —
Application for a Community figurative trade mark including
‘king of beers’ —
the terms ‘AB’,
Earlier international word mark BUDWEISER — Appella-
tions of origin registered under the Lisbon Agreement —
Article 8(1)(b) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 —
Partial acceptance and partial rejection of the opposition)

‘Budweiser’,

‘genuine’,

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
Folliard-
and Designs)
Monguiral and I. de Medrano Caballero, Agents)

(represented by: A.

Parties

(2007/C 170/35)

Language of the case: English

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:

Applicant in Case T-57/04: Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik
(České Budějovice
F.
(Czech Republic))
Fajgenbaum, lawyer)

(represented by:

(Saint Louis,
Applicant in Case T-71/04: Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
Missouri, United States)
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)

(represented by:

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks
Folliard-
and Designs)
Monguiral and I. de Medrano Caballero, Agents)

(represented by: A.

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM
intervening before the Court of First Instance: Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
(in Case T-57/04) and Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik (in
Case T-71/04)

1. Dismisses the applications in Joined Cases T-53/04 to T-56/04,

T-58/04 and T-59/04;

2. Orders Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik to pay the costs.

Re:

(1) OJ C 94, 17.4.2004.

Action bought against the decision of the Second Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 3 December 2003 (Cases R 1024/2001-2
and R 1000/2001-2),
concerning opposition proceedings
between Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik and Anheuser-
Busch, Inc.