The trademark FREI UND APPLE was filed by CNMEDIA di Carina Negrone, a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 28, 2020, and received one opposition filed on August 27, 2020 by Apple Inc. on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Locke Lord LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 27, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 18 with following description of goods:
Bags
Haversacks
Beach bags.
The mark was filed in class 24 with following description of goods:
Fabrics for textile use
Household textile articles
Upholstery fabrics
Textiles for furnishings
Textiles for interior decorating
Foulard [fabric]
Frieze [cloth]
Fabric for use in the manufacture of bags.
The mark was filed in class 25 with following description of goods:
Beach clothes
Bathing caps
Bonnets [headwear]
Leggings [leg warmers]
Leggings [trousers]
Trousers
Skirts
Dresses
Hosiery
Tee-shirts
Shirts
Foulards [clothing articles]
Sashes for wear
Bodies [clothing].
The mark was filed in class 27 with following description of goods:
Wallpaper
Wallpaper with a textile covering
Wallpaper in the nature of roomsize decorative adhesive wall coverings.
The mark was filed in class 35 with Online retail services relating to clothing and Online retail services relating to handbags..