The trademark RICHMOND was filed by Imperial Tobacco Limited, a corporation established under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 1, 2020, and received one opposition filed on April 21, 2020 by TOBACCO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS SWITZERLAND S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Serrano Irurzun, Javier and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 21, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on April 12, 2023. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on April 24, 2023.
The Opposition with reference B 003116564 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on July 5, 2022 by the EUIPO.