The trademark Grizzly FILTER CIGARETTES was filed by Alain Brevet, a national of the French Republic (the "Applicant") and Flamur Osmani, a national of the Kingdom of Belgium (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on August 4, 2022, and received one opposition filed on September 19, 2022 by Zimmermann-Graeff & Müller GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Rohwedder & Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 19, 2022
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on April 4, 2023. Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on September 2, 2024.
The Appeal with reference B R2290/2023-4 was Application rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on April 23, 2024 by the EUIPO. The Refusal with reference B 018381665 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(g) EUTMR with decision issued on September 22, 2021 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003179049 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on September 21, 2023 by the EUIPO.