018197611

VUSE CREATE THE NEXT

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February 17, 2020

Trademark Summary

The trademark VUSE CREATE THE NEXT was filed by Nicoventures Holdings Limited, a corporation established under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 2, 2020, and received one opposition filed on June 2, 2020 by Next Retail Limited on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by MARKS & CLERK LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 2, 2020

The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish was selected as the second language).

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Goods And Services

• The mark was filed in class 34 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Cigarettes
  2. Tobacco, raw or manufactured
  3. Tobacco products
  4. Tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes)
  5. Cigars
  6. Cigarillos
  7. Lighters
  8. Matches
  9. Smokers' articles
  10. Cigarette paper
  11. Cigarette tubes
  12. Cigarette filters
  13. Pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes
  14. Hand held machines for injecting tobacco into paper tubes
  15. Electronic cigarettes
  16. Accessories for electronic cigarettes
  17. Liquids for electronic cigarettes
  18. Tobacco products for the purpose of being heated
  19. Devices and parts for devices for heating tobacco
  20. Accessories for devices for heating tobacco
  21. Tobacco substitutes for the purpose of inhalation
  22. Cigarettes containing tobacco substitutes
  23. Cigarette cases
  24. Cigarette boxes
  25. Snus with tobacco
  26. Snuff with tobacco
  27. Snus without tobacco
  28. Snuff without tobacco
  29. Tobacco free oral nicotine pouches (not for medical use).