CELEX: C2007/170/35
Language: en
Date: 2007-07-21 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases T-57/04 and T-71/04: Order of the Court of First Instance of 12 June 2007 — Budějovický Budvar and Anheuser-Busch v OHIM (AB GENUINE Budweiser KING OF BEERS) ((Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for a Community figurative trade mark including the terms AB , genuine , Budweiser , king of beers — Earlier international word mark BUDWEISER — Appellations 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)

21.7.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 170/19
            
         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-57/04 and T-71/04) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for a Community figurative trade mark including the terms ‘AB’, ‘genuine’, ‘Budweiser’, ‘king of beers’ - Earlier international word mark BUDWEISER - Appellations 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)
   (2007/C 170/35)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant in Case T-57/04: Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik (České Budějovice (Czech Republic)) (represented by: F. Fajgenbaum, lawyer)
   
      Applicant in Case T-71/04: 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)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and I. de Medrano Caballero, Agents)
   
      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)
   Re:
   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.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               In Case T-57/04:
               
                           —
                        
                        
                           dismisses the application;
                        
                     
                           —
                        
                        
                           orders Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik to pay the costs.
                        
                     
         
               2.
            
            
               In Case T-71/04:
               
                           —
                        
                        
                           holds that there is no longer any need to adjudicate in the case;
                        
                     
                           —
                        
                        
                           orders Anheuser-Busch, Inc. to pay the costs.
                        
                     
         
      (1)  OJ C 94, 17.4.2004.