The trademark GATA was filed by Categoria d' Estrelas, Unipessoal Lda., a corporation established under the laws of the Portuguese Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 23, 2022, and received one opposition filed on March 14, 2022 by SC PAMBAC SA on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Alecu, Bogdan and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 14, 2022
The application was filed in Portuguese, and Portuguese was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Refusal with reference B 018457766 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on November 8, 2021 by the EUIPO.