CASO Elbi 70 AD (solicitador), representado por IP Consulting LTD., (represente professional) presentó solicitud de nulidad contra la marca de la Unión Europea nº 1 755 511 COCOCARE (marca denominativa) (la EUTM), presentada el 13/07/2000 y registrada el 30/04/2002. RESUMEN DE LOS ARGUMENTOS DE LAS PARTES El solicitante argumenta que la marca impugnada está compuesta…
EUIPO confirms likelihood of confusion in EU trade mark opposition procedure
THE CASE Phiacademy Doo Beograd, Bulevar Oslobodenja 137, 11000 Beograd, Serbia (opponent), represented by IP Consulting Ltd., 6-8,Mitropolit Kiril Vidinski Str., entr. 8, floor 2, office 2, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria (professional representative) filed an opposition against Malwina Zieba (applicant). On 09/09/2021, the opponent filed an opposition against all the services of Europea Union trade mark…
Marca comercial REVELE confusamente similar a la marca comercial de la Unión Europea REVUELE
CASO La compañía LIFY COSMETICS JSF presento el 22 de julio de 2021 la solicitud de registro no. 4787286, relativa a la marca REVELE (marca denominativa en Francia) REVUELE ltd., Bulgaria, cliente de IP Consulting Ltd., presentó una oposición en contra de los productos y servicios de la Clase 3 de dicha marca antes del…
24 May – Day of the holy brothers St. Cyril and St. Methodius, of the Cyrillic alphabet, Bulgarian education, and culture
Cyrillic – the third official alphabet in the European Union, along with the Latin and Greek alphabets. On 24 May, the Bulgarian people celebrate the great cause of the holy brothers St. Cyril and St. Methodius, The Cyrillic alphabet, education, and culture. In 1980 with Apostolic Letter, Pope John Paul II declared Saints Cyril and…
Alicante: Nuestra nueva ubicación para sus marcas registradas y diseños
Alicante, España es el hogar de EUIPO – por sus siglas en ingles Oficina de Propiedad Intelectual de la Unión Europea (European Union intellectual Property office) – la institución responsable de las marcas registradas y diseños en Europa. Registrar una marca registrada en la unión Europea significa que adquiere protección unitaria en todos los miembros-estados…
Alicante: our new location for your trade marks and designs
Alicante, Spain is the home of the EUIPO – European Union Intellectual Property Office – the institution responsible for European Union Trade Marks and Designs. Registering and European Union Trade Mark means that you acquire unitary protection in all Member – States of the European Union. The same applies to registered community designs. Both are…
Trade Mark REVELE confusingly similar to European Union Trade Mark REVUELE
THE CASE The company LIFY COSMETICS JSC filed on July 22, 2021, the application for registration No 4787286 relating to the trademark REVELE (word trademark in France). REVUELE Ltd., Bulgaria, a client of IP Consulting Ltd., filed an Opposition against all the goods and services in Class 3 of the said trademark before the National…
A non distinctive element in a trade mark cannot lead to possibility of confusion
The case An opposition has been filed with ref. No 70111020/24.01.2019, according to the opponent there is visual, phonetic and semantic similarity between the earlier mark “Б. П. бирени’ and the trademark applied for, as the signs contain common distinctive and dominant elements, namely ‘пръчици’ and ‘бирени’. The applicant of the opposed mark ИНТЕРМЕС Ltd….
SHEEP’S CHEESE KASHKAVAL BULGARIAN KASHKAVAL MADE IN BULGARIA – trade mark cancelled on absolute grounds
Absolute grounds for refusal of registration of a trademark are laid down in Art. 11, par.1 of the Law on Marks and Geographical Indications (LMGI). It is characteristic of the absolute grounds for refusal of registration that they affect the ability of the sign applied for to be a trademark at all. They are…
Similarities between trademarks not sufficient to lead to a likelihood of confusion
EUIPO entirely rejected opposition No. 3 094 752 against all the goods of European Union trade mark application No 18 039 001 (figurative). Its proprietor Izvor Relax EOOD is represented by the team of IPConsulting Ltd. The opposition is based on two trademarks – European Union trade mark registration No 9 407 123 and French…