The trademark Milca was filed by Milca Bottling Company, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 28, 2020, and received one opposition filed on July 9, 2020 by Kraft Foods Schweiz Holding GmbH on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by HGF B.V. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 9, 2020
The application was filed in Spanish, and Spanish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on July 5, 2022. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on July 18, 2022.
The Opposition with reference B 003125914 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on June 29, 2022 by the EUIPO.