Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2013 - Budějovický Budvar v OHIM - Anheuser-Busch (BUD)
(Joined Cases T-225/06 RENV, T-255/06 RENV, T-257/06 RENV and T-309/06 RENV)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Applications for Community word and figurative marks BUD - Appellations 'bud' - Relative grounds for refusal - Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik (České Budějovice, Czech Republic) (represented by: F. Fajgenbaum, C. Petsch, S. Sculy-Logotheti and T. Lachacinski, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Anheuser-Busch LLC (Saint Louis, Missouri, United States) (represented by: V. von Bomhard, B. Goebel and A. Renck, lawyers)
Re:
Actions brought against the decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 June 2006 (Case R 234/2005-2), 28 June 2006 (Cases R 241/2005-2 and R 802/2004-2) and 1 September 2006 (Case R 305/2005-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik, and Anheuser-Busch, Inc.,
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the actions;
2. Orders each party to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 261, 28.10.2006.