The trademark TEA SOCIETY was filed by Asian Food Union Concepts B.V., a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on November 17, 2021, and received one opposition filed on December 20, 2021 by Dear Tea AB on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by AWA SWEDEN AB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 20, 2021
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003160768 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on June 14, 2023 by the EUIPO.