CELEX: C2007/183/67
Language: en
Date: 2007-08-04 00:00:00
Title: Case T-191/07: Action brought on 31 May 2007 — Anheuser-Busch v OHIM — Budějovický Budvar (BUDWEISER)

4.8.2007   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 183/34
            
         Action brought on 31 May 2007 — Anheuser-Busch v OHIM — Budějovický Budvar (BUDWEISER)
   (Case T-191/07)
   (2007/C 183/67)
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (St. Louis, United States) (represented by: V. von Bomhard, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Budějoviský Budvar, národní podnik
   Form of order sought
   
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               Annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 20 March 2007 in Case R 299/2006-2;
            
         
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               In the alternative, annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 20 March 2007 in Case R 299/2006-2 in so far as it concerns ‘non-alcoholic drinks’;
            
         
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               Order the defendant and, in the event that it intervenes, the other party to the proceedings before the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Applicant for a Community trade mark: The applicant.
   
      Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘BUDWEISER’ for goods and services in Class 32 (application No 24 646).
   
      Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Budějoviský Budvar, národní podnik.
   
      Mark or sign cited in opposition: The international word mark ‘BUDWEISER’ for goods in Class 32, the international figurative mark ‘Budweiser Budvar’ for goods in Classes 31 and 32 and the international figurative mark ‘Budweiser Budvar’ for goods in Class 32.
   
      Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition upheld and application for registration rejected.
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed.
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of the right to be heard, incorrect application of Article 74(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (1) and infringement of Article 43(2) of that regulation; in the alternative, infringement of Article 73 of that regulation on account of an inadequate statement of reasons.
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1).