The trademark VIFRUT was filed by CERGOLD INDÚSTRIAS, LDA, a corporation established under the laws of the Portuguese Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 26, 2021, and received one opposition filed on October 24, 2021 by ELAH DUFOUR S.p.A. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by GIAMBROCONO & C. S.P.A. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 24, 2021
The application was filed in Portuguese, and Portuguese was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on January 12, 2022.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 21 with following description of goods:
Cookie jars
Candy boxes
Bread baskets for household purposes
Cookie [biscuit] cutters
Pastry cutters
Spatulas for kitchen use
Cake moulds
Moulds [kitchen utensils]
Pie servers
Paper plates
Rolling pins, domestic
Confectioners' decorating bags [pastry bags].
The mark was filed in class 29 with following description of goods:
Yolk of eggs
Crystallized fruits
Gelatine
Almonds, ground
Peanuts, prepared
Coconut, desiccated
Compotes
Jams, compotes, fruit and vegetable spreads
Fruit marmalade
Coconut fat
Edible fats
Margarine
Cream [dairy products]
Whipped cream
Prepared walnuts
Sunflower oil for food
Oils for food
Eggs
Fruit-based fillings for cobblers.
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Sugar for making jams
Sugar
Farinaceous foods
Starch for food
Flavourings, other than essential oils, for cakes
Savory food flavourings for food [other than essential oils]