The trademark COCO was filed by Puissante, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 9, 2023, and received one opposition filed on October 12, 2023 by Coco De Mer Limited on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by FORRESTERS and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 12, 2023
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Refusal with reference B 018857759 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on July 4, 2023 by the EUIPO.