The trademark DF was filed by Yiwu Dongfei Wine Industry Co., Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 27, 2020, and received one opposition filed on July 26, 2020 by De Faveri Spumanti S.r.l. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by DRAGOTTI & ASSOCIATI S.R.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 26, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish was selected as the second language).
Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on January 6, 2021. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on February 9, 2021.
The Opposition with reference B 003126862 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 24, 2021 by the EUIPO.