Anheuser-Busch v Budejovicky Budvar: ECJ 29 Mar 2011

ECJ Appeal – Community trade mark – Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Article 8(4) – Application for registration of the word and figurative mark BUD – Opposition – Indication of geographical origin ‘bud’ – Protection under the Lisbon Agreement and bilateral treaties between two Member States – Use in the course of trade – Sign of more than mere local significance

Judges:

V. Skouris, P

Citations:

[2011] EUECJ C-96/09, C-96/09

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Regulation (EC) No 40/94 8(4)

Citing:

Opinion – Anheuser-Busch v Budejovicky Budvar ECJ 14-Sep-2010
ECJ (Opinion) Appeal – Community trade mark – Article 8(4) of Regulation No 40/94 – Opposition by the proprietor of the appellation of origin Bud – Use in the course of trade – Sign of more than mere local . .
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Updated: 14 November 2022; Ref: scu.471046