The trademark MAY TEA was filed by Obschestvo s ogranichennoy otvetstvennostyu "MAY", a corporation established under the laws of the Russian Federation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 6, 2020, and received one opposition filed on December 21, 2020 by Schweppes International Limited on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BCTG AVOCATS AARPI and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 21, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).