The trademark VERDA RANO was filed by Null Johan Bertus van Tilborg h.o.d.n. VerdaRano, a national of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 1, 2020, and received one opposition filed on May 25, 2020 by COMISSÃO DE VITICULTURA DA REGIÃO DOS VINHOS VERDES on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Designation of origin or geographical indication prior to the date of application for registration of the EU mark. the opponent was represented by J. PEREIRA DA CRUZ, S.A. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 25, 2020
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).