The trademark SIERRA NORTE Single Barrel MEXICAN WHISKEY was filed by Caballeros, Inc., a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 4, 2019, and received one opposition filed on July 4, 2019 by STOCK SPIRITS GmbH & Co. KG on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by HARMSEN UTESCHER and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 4, 2019
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003088192 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on June 16, 2020 by the EUIPO.