The trademark Karám was filed by Mihály Horváth, a national of Hungary (the "Applicant") and Mihályné Horváth, a national of Hungary (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on December 9, 2021, and received one opposition filed on February 13, 2022 by Karam Beirut Restaurants Company on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Roman, Iannis and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued February 13, 2022
The application was filed in Hungarian, and Hungarian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003164091 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on February 15, 2023 by the EUIPO.