The trademark AJVAR was filed by Radoje Micic, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on November 28, 2005, and received one opposition filed on February 28, 2006 by Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by SUGRAĆES, S.L.P.
The application was filed in Spanish, and Spanish was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on August 3, 2005. Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on February 6, 2007. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on April 18, 2007.
The Refusal with reference B 004185344 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on April 5, 2007 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 000975120 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on October 18, 2007 by the EUIPO.