The trademark SAN.DUTTI MEN'S was filed by Jiande Chen, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 13, 2022, and received one opposition filed on September 12, 2022 by GRUPO MASSIMO DUTTI, S.A. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by DURÁN - CORRETJER, S.L.P. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 12, 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 003178653 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on July 24, 2023 by the EUIPO.