The trademark Hartwall Jaffa was filed by Oy Hartwall Ab, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Finland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 5, 2020, and received one opposition filed on October 5, 2020 by The Citrus Division of the Plant Production and Marketing Board on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by HASELTINE LAKE KEMPNER LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 5, 2020
The application was filed in Finnish, and Finnish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).