Anheuser Busch ohim decision notes

The background to the dispute in Anheuser-Busch may be summarized as follows.

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Between 1996 and 2000, Anheuser-Busch submitted four applications before OHIM for registration of the figurative and word mark ‘BUD’ as a community trademark for certain goods including beer. Budejovicky Budvar (Budvar) opposed at first basing the opposition in a figurative international trade mark No 361 566, but on appeal soley referred to the appellation of origin ‘bud’.

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