The trademark BAUMEISTER was filed by Sebastian Caputo, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant") and Wolfgang Wagner, a national of the Republic of Austria (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on August 15, 2023, and received one opposition filed on October 30, 2023 by SOGEVINUS FINE WINES, S.A. on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GASTÃO DA CUNHA FERREIRA, LDA. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 30, 2023
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003205605 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on August 4, 2024 by the EUIPO.