The trademark FRU MATE was filed by DrinkStar GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 25, 2021, and received one opposition filed on November 23, 2021 by FRUCTAL Živilska industrija d.o.o. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Marn, Jure and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 23, 2021
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Requests for conversion of an EUTM application into a national trade mark application of the trademark registration was recorded on November 12, 2023.
The Opposition with reference B 003158946 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on July 4, 2023 by the EUIPO.