The trademark PANDA was filed by Orkla Suomi Finland Oy Ab, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Finland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 8, 2021, and received one opposition filed on July 7, 2021 by Boyne Valley Unlimited Company on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by MASON HAYES & CURRAN LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 7, 2021
It was designated 'Basic Application' for International Application 1628148 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The application was filed in Finnish, and Finnish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on March 8, 2023.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 29 with following description of goods:
Potato snacks
Potato chips
Coconut chips
Frozen chips
Fruit chips
Soy chips
Vegetable chips
Dips
Cheese-based snack foods
Snack foods based on nuts
Salted nuts
Flavoured nuts
Nut and seed-based snack bars
Fruit- and nut-based snack bars
Prepared insects and larvae
Mixtures of fruit and nuts
Raisins
Dried fruits
Desserts made from milk products
Artificial milk based desserts
Fruit desserts
Jellies, jams, compotes, fruit and vegetable spreads
Spreads consisting mainly of fruits.
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Bread, pastries and confectionery
Chocolate
Ice cream, sorbets and other edible ices
Liquorice [confectionery]
Stick liquorice [confectionery]
Liquorice sweets
Sal ammoniac liquorice sweets (Non-medicated -)
Candy bars
Chocolate bars
Chocolate candies
Chocolate chips
Chocolate confectionery
Pralines with liquid filling
Chocolate-coated nuts
Chocolate-coated berries [confectionery]
Nuts, berries and fruits coated in chocolate [as confectionery]
Nut confectionery
Lozenges [confectionery]
Coated nuts [confectionery]
Sugared almonds
Almonds covered in chocolate
Chewing gum
Biscuits
Sweet and savoury biscuits
Crackers
Snack food products made from cereals
Snack bars containing a mixture of grains, nuts and dried fruit [confectionery]
Crisp breads
Waffles
Cereal based food bars
Snack foods prepared from maize
Cereal-based snack food
Snack foods made from corn
Flour based savoury snacks
Cereal-based fast food
Puffed cheese balls [corn snacks]
Cheese curls [snacks]
Corn-based savoury snacks
Tortilla chips
Chips [cereal products]
Corn chips
Flour based chips
Grain-based chips
Vegetable flavoured corn chips
Pita chips
Rice crisps
Taco chips
Cakes, pies
Puddings
Prepared desserts [chocolate based]
Prepared desserts [confectionery]
Prepared desserts [pastries].
The mark was filed in class 35 with Retail and wholesale services, sales services provided via computer networks and electronic commerce relating to confectionery and snacks and snack foods.