The trademark BRAUN FOODS was filed by Braun Foods eG, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 19, 2023, and received one opposition filed on October 4, 2023 by HEINEKEN ESPAÑA, S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by FERNÁNDEZ-PALACIOS ABOGADOS, S.L.P.U. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 4, 2023
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 29 with following description of goods:
Prepared meals containing [principally] eggs
Casseroles [food]
Soups
Fish, seafood and molluscs, not live
Soups and stocks, meat extracts
Birds’ eggs and egg products
Broth [soup]
Prepared meals made from meat [meat predominating]
Prepared meals consisting principally of game
Meat and meat products
Processed fruits, fungi, vegetables, nuts and pulses
Edible oils and fats
Prepared meals consisting principally of vegetables
Prepared meals made from poultry [poultry predominating]
Dairy products and dairy substitutes
Sausage casings, natural or artificial
Stews
Prepared insects and larvae.
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Meals consisting primarily of pasta
Pastries consisting of vegetables and fish
Chocolate spreads for use on bread
Tortillas
Bakery goods
Ice creams, frozen yogurts, and sorbets
Nut confectionery
Processed grains, starches, and goods made thereof, baking preparations and yeasts
Chocolate creams
Risotto
Sandwiches
Canned pasta foods
Sushi
Rice-based snack food
Sweets (candy), candy bars and chewing gum
Pastries, cakes, tarts and biscuits (cookies)
Snacks manufactured from muesli
Sandwich spread made from chocolate and nuts
Sugars, natural sweeteners, sweet coatings and fillings, bee products
Confectionery ices
Chocolates
Snack food products made from potato flour
Nougat
Salts, seasonings, flavourings and condiments
Bread
Chocolate-coated nuts
Coffee, teas and cocoa and substitutes therefor
Ravioli
Prepared meals in the form of pizzas
Snack foods prepared from maize
Cereal bars and energy bars
Marzipan
Coated nuts [confectionery]
Pizzas
Quiches
Crackers flavoured with fruit
Pretzels
Pasta salad
Pizza crust
Noodle-based prepared meals
Snack food products consisting of cereal products
Rice pudding
Flavoured sugar confectionery
Snack foods consisting principally of bread
Foods with a cocoa base
Chocolate
Savory biscuits
Edible ices
Crackers.
The mark was filed in class 31 with following description of goods:
Agricultural and aquacultural crops, horticulture and forestry products
Foodstuffs and fodder for animals
Live animals, organisms for breeding.
The mark was filed in class 32 with following description of goods:
Non-alcoholic beverages
Non-alcoholic preparations for making beverages
Beer and non-alcoholic beer
Shandy.
The mark was filed in class 33 with following description of goods: