The trademark Beyond Plant was filed by Ke Zhang, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 18, 2020, and received one opposition filed on January 18, 2021 by Beyond Meat, Inc. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Nordemann Czychowski & Partner Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälte mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 18, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish was selected as the second language).
The Appeal with reference B R0795/2022-5 was Application rejected according to Article 7(1)(c) EUTMR with decision issued on December 11, 2023 by the EUIPO. The Refusal with reference B 018294176 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 27, 2023 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003139254 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on March 30, 2022 by the EUIPO.