The trademark Alwesam Merit Oriental Sweets was filed by Isam Takesh, a national of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 22, 2021, and received one opposition filed on May 18, 2021 by ALWISSAM Kitchen & Sweets Co. Ltd. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by MERK-ECHT B.V. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 18, 2021
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on April 12, 2021.
The Opposition with reference B 003147238 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 22, 2022 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Processed grains, starches, and goods made thereof, baking preparations and yeasts
Sugars, natural sweeteners, sweet coatings and fillings, bee products
Pastries, cakes, tarts and biscuits (cookies)
Bread
Sweets (candy), candy bars and chewing gum
Cereal bars and energy bars
Bakery goods
Confectionery containing jelly
Chocolate-coated berries
Ice confectionery
Frozen confections on a stick
Frozen dairy confections
Frozen confectionery containing ice cream
Cinnamon rolls
Foods with a cocoa base
Foodstuffs containing cocoa [as the main constituent]
Chocolate
Chocolates
Cakes of sugar-bounded millet or popped rice (okoshi)