The trademark CHICOFE was filed by CAFEA GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 6, 2020, and received one opposition filed on December 3, 2020 by Jacob, Ludwig Manfred on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by KROHN RECHTSANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 3, 2020
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 29 with Coffee creamer, Milk beverages, milk and/or powdered milk predominating, including with added coffee and/or tea and/or cocoa and/or chocolate and/or malt and/or malt products and/or sweeteners and/or flavourings, All the aforesaid goods including being instant products or concentrates and Low calorie dairy food and milk beverages with a predominant or half milk content, also with added cocoa and/or malt and/or chocolate, All the aforesaid goods including being instant products or concentrates..
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Coffee, coffee extracts, coffee surrogates, artificial coffee, grain coffee, chicory coffee, malt coffee and mixtures of the aforesaid goods, except for beverage powders containing coffee, with added dietary fibre and/or minerals and/or green coffee and/or guarana and/or reishi mushrooms and/or fungal extracts and/or ginseng and/or pomegranate extracts, including all the aforesaid products in instant form or being concentrates
Tea, tea extracts, coffee-based, tea-based, cocoa-based and chocolate-based beverages, including with added milk and/or fruit preparations and/or malt and/or malt preparations and/or flavourings and/or sweeteners and/or fructose and/or glucose and/or caffeine and/or vitamins and/or minerals, all the aforesaid goods including in instant form or being concentrates
Cocoa, chocolate
Chocolate goods and bonbons made of sugar, in particular bars, including with added dairy products and/or fruit products and/or malt and/or malt products and/or honey and/or nuts and/or cereal preparations
Pastry and confectionery
Natural sweeteners and sweetening substances
Coffee, cocoa and chocolate preparations for making non-alcoholic beverages.
The mark was filed in class 32 with following description of goods:
Soft drinks
Non-alcoholic beverages, including with added coffee and/or tea and/or cocoa and/or chocolate and/or fruit products and/or milk products and/or maize and/or maize products, all aforesaid goods including in instant or concentrated form
Milk beverages with less than half being milk, including with added milk products, in instant or concentrated form
Energy drinks, including with added tea and/or flavourings, all aforesaid goods including in instant form or concentrates, invigorating beverages with vitamins and/or minerals and/or caffeine, including with added plant products containing natural caffeine, and including in instant or concentrated form (other than for medical purposes)
Mineral water, non-alcoholic beverages with added milk products and/or honey, all aforesaid goods including in instant or concentrated form.