The trademark GREEN FILTER 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 February 11, 2021, and received one opposition filed on April 19, 2021 by MARCAS Y TABACOS DE CANARIAS, S.L. on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by C.I. DE PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL, S.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 19, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Requests for conversion of an EUTM application into a national trade mark application of the trademark registration was recorded on February 10, 2021.
The Refusal with reference B 018255078 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on February 9, 2021 by the EUIPO.