The trademark The Flying Spaghetti Monster was filed by Nordalco Oy, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Finland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 9, 2023, and received one opposition filed on November 9, 2023 by Monster Energy Company on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by BIRD & BIRD LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 9, 2023
The application was filed in Finnish, and Finnish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).