The trademark LAMOT BELGIAN BEER was filed by MICHELE VECCHIATO, a national of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant") and SANDRO VECCHIATO, a national of the Italian Republic (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on October 11, 2021, and received one opposition filed on January 10, 2022 by AGORA, S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by 1919 POLO PATENT and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 10, 2022
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003161873 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 2, 2023 by the EUIPO.