30In the second place, as regards the examination of national law pursuant to which the applicant claims to have acquired the right to oppose the registration of the trade mark applied for on the basis of its unregistered mark — namely Paragraph 4(2) in conjunction with Paragraph 14(2) of the Markengesetz –, it should be observed that it is indeed apparent from the case-law that the opponent must establish that the earlier sign relied on in support of the opposition falls within the scope of the law of the Member State relied on and that it allows use of a subsequent mark to be prohibited (judgment in Anheuser-Busch v Budějovický Budvar, cited in paragraph 24 above, EU:C:2011:189, paragraph 190). That rule places on the opponent the burden of providing OHIM not only with particulars showing that he satisfies the necessary conditions, in accordance with the national law which he is seeking to have applied, in order to be able to have the use of a Community trade mark prohibited by virtue of an earlier right, but also with particulars establishing the content of that law (see, by analogy, judgment in Edwin v OHIM, cited in paragraph 24 above, EU:C:2011:452, paragraph 50).
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