The trademark PLANTGURT was filed by ALPRO NV, a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 22, 2020, and received one opposition filed on June 21, 2020 by Oatly AB on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by AWA SWEDEN AB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 21, 2020
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on August 5, 2020. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 30, 2022.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 29 with following description of goods:
Substitutes for milk products based on plants and nuts, including but not limited to beverages based on soya, soya milk, almond milk
Flavored soybean milk
Non-dairy creamers
Yoghurt
Cheese
Coconut milk for culinary purposes
Rice milk
Meat, fish, poultry and game
Meat extracts
Preserved, frozen, dried and cooked vegetables and fruit
Jellies, jams, compotes
Eggs, Milk and dairy products
Edible oils and fats
Dairy product substitutes
Meat substitutes
Desserts based on soya
Desserts based on nuts
Coconut milk
Almond milk
Flavoured almond milk
Oat milk.
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Coffee, tea, cocoa
Sugar
Rice
Tapioca
Sago
Artificial coffee
Flour and preparations made from cereals
Bread, pastry and confectionery
Edible ices
Ice cream
Honey
Golden syrup
Yeast
Baking powder
Crackers
Pasta
Macaroni
Snack foods mainly consisting of cereals, nuts, rice and cereal seeds
Snack foods consisting principt1Iy of confectionery
Salt
Mustard
Vinegar
Sauces
Herbs
Spices
Chocolate flavoured desserts
Flour based desserts
Vanilla flavoured desserts
Caramel flavoured desserts
Coffee flavoured desserts
Desserts made from plant-based ingredients
Nut-based desserts
Coffee-based beverages.
The mark was filed in class 32 with following description of goods:
Coconut drinks
Almond beverages
Flavoured almond drinks
Oat beverages
Rice beverages
Hazelnut beverages
Smoothies
Light drinks
Non-alcoholic beverages
Mineral and aerated waters and other non-alcoholic beverages
Fruit beverages and fruit juices
Syrups and other preparations for making beverages