The trademark LA ESTRELLA DE DUCRU-BEAUCAILLOU SAINT - JULIEN was filed by Groupement Foncier Agricole de Château Ducru Beaucaillou, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 26, 2021, and received one opposition filed on July 22, 2021 by HIJOS DE RIVERA, S.A. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by GARRIGUES IP, S.L.P. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 22, 2021
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).