The trademark VANILLA was filed by Vanilla S.r.l., a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 21, 2021, and received one opposition filed on September 21, 2021 by Ferta Holding B.V. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by CHIEVER BV and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 21, 2021
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003155196 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on October 11, 2022 by the EUIPO.