The trademark BEER BUDDIES was filed by The Beer Buddies GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 5, 2021, and received one opposition filed on June 7, 2021 by Anheuser-Busch, LLC on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by BIRD AND BIRD (Belgium) LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 7, 2021
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The application claimed as seniority of the Republic of Austria trademark 50795/2018 registered on August 13, 2018 and filed on April 16, 2018 which was accepted by the office.