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Document C2007/170/35

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)

SL C 170, 21.7.2007, p. 19–20 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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.


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