The trademark ALVEDA was filed by Maria Naumova Bullita, a national of the Republic of Latvia (the "Applicant") and Raitis Bullits, a national of the Republic of Latvia (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on April 7, 2021, and received one opposition filed on July 5, 2021 by Merck KGaA on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 5, 2021
The application was filed in Latvian, and Latvian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003149987 was refused according to Article 8(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on July 6, 2022 by the EUIPO.