The trademark AZAL Azeites com Alma was filed by Import+ representações e comercio internacional, a corporation established under the laws of the Portuguese Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 13, 2021, and received one opposition filed on October 12, 2021 by Muñoz Toledo, Rafael on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by JOSE RAMON TRIGO, S.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 12, 2021
The application was filed in Portuguese, and Portuguese was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003156533 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on October 2, 2022 by the EUIPO.