The trademark JOHN & BENEDICT was filed by BANK ART, a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 11, 2020, and received one opposition filed on September 13, 2020 by Good Morning Tel-Aviv Ltd. on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by WILLIAMS POWELL and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 13, 2020
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003130884 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 16, 2021 by the EUIPO.