IPKAT TRANSLATION WATCH: ANYONE OUT THERE ITALIAN AND KEEN ON BEER?

Today Advocate General Tizzano delivered in opinion in Case C-245/02 Anheuser-Busch. Sadly, the decision is only available in Italian, German, Portuguese and Swedish. According the the ECJ Diary, the following issues were raised in the opinion:

Interpretation of Community law concerning trade marks - Whether the TRIPs Agreement applies to an alleged infringement commenced before the entry into force of the Agreement and continuing after that date - Interpretation of Article 16 of the TRIPs Agreement - Collision of a trade mark and a trade name - Interpretation of the reference to existing prior rights - Whether protection of the trade name under Article 8 of the Paris Convention included and if so under what conditions - "Budweiser" and "Bud"