The trademark Rio´S was filed by F&I Beverages AG, a corporation established under the laws of the Swiss Confederation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 8, 2021, and received one opposition filed on April 8, 2021 by Nordbrand Nordhausen GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Sippel-Grau, Silvia and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 8, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish 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 January 10, 2023.
The Opposition with reference B 003143848 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 30, 2022 by the EUIPO.