The trademark SOOFTY was filed by Mohamed Sakhraoui, a national of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 6, 2022, and received one opposition filed on August 24, 2022 by ALPHA BSA GROUP DIS TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Bauer Wagner Pellengahr Sroka Patent- & Rechtsanwalts PartG mbB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 24, 2022
It was designated 'Basic Application' for International Application 1704398 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
The application claimed as seniority of the French Republic trademark 4727458 registered on May 27, 2021 and filed on January 31, 2021 which was accepted by the office.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Frozen yoghurt, sorbets
Sweets [candy], chocolate bars and chewing gum
Non-medicated confectionery
Sweets
Coffee-based beverages
Carbonated coffee, cocoa or chocolate-based beverages
Coffee, tea, cocoa and substitutes therefor
Tea-based beverages containing milk
Tea-flavoured beverages
Preparations for making tea-based beverages
Coffee-flavoured beverages containing milk
Preparations for making coffee-flavoured beverages
Cocoa-flavoured beverages.
The mark was filed in class 32 with following description of goods: