The trademark PANDA was filed by Orkla Confectionery & Snacks Finland Ab, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Finland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 30, 2020, and received two oppositions.
Opposition Proceedings
There are two Oppositions claimed against trademark.
The first opposition filed on December 28, 2020 by Boyne Valley Unlimited Company on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by MASON HAYES & CURRAN LLP and its proceedings were handled in English The second opposition filed on October 19, 2020 by Emerging Markets Online Food Delivery Holding S.à r.l. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by HERNANDEZ-MARTI ABOGADOS SLP and its proceedings were handled in English
The application was filed in Finnish, and Finnish 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:
Potato snacks
Potato chips
Coconut chips
Frozen chips
Fruit chips
Soy chips
Vegetable chips
Dips
Cheese-based snack foods
Snack foods based on nuts
Nut-based spreads
Salted nuts
Flavoured nuts
Processed nuts
Nut and seed-based snack bars
Fruit- and nut-based snack bars
Prepared insects and larvae
Mixtures of fruit and nuts
Raisins
Dried fruits
Desserts made from milk products
Artificial milk based desserts
Fruit desserts
Jellies, jams, compotes, fruit and vegetable spreads
Spreads consisting mainly of fruits.
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Chocolate coated nuts
Chocolate coated berries
Chocolate coated fruits
Ice, ice creams, frozen yogurts and sorbets
Non-dairy ice cream
Vegan ice cream
Pastries
Popcorn
Chocolate coated popcorn
Nut-confectionery
Cereal-based bars
Snack foods prepared from maize
Snack food products made from cereals
Snack foods made from corn
Puffed cheese balls [corn snacks]
Cheese curls [snacks]
Corn-based savoury snacks
Tortilla chips
Chips [cereal products]
Chocolate chips
Corn chips
Flour based chips
Grain-based chips
Vegetable flavoured corn chips
Peanut butter confectionery chips
Pita chips
Rice chips
Taco chips
Shrimp chips
Cookies
Biscuits
Biscuits having a chocolate coating
Pretzels
Crackers
Crisp breads
Waffles
Flour based savory snacks
Cereal-based snack food
Coated nuts [confectionery]
Sugared almonds
Almonds covered in chocolate
Cakes
Pies
Pastilles [confectionery]
Chewing gum
Muesli bars
Snack bars containing a mixture of grains, nuts and dried fruit [confectionery]