ECLI:EU:T:2003:184

«(Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – Earlier national word marks BUD – Application for Community word mark BUDMEN – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)» Summary of the Judgment Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Risk of confusion with the earlier mark – Word mark BUD and word mark BUDMEN(Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Second Chamber)3 July 2003 (1) ((Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – Earlier national word marks BUD – Application for Community word mark BUDMEN – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94)) applicant, v defendant, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Second Chamber), having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 22 January 2003, gives the following On those grounds, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Second Chamber) Forwood Pirrung Meij H. Jung N.J. Forwood Registrar President 1 – Language of the case: Spanish.