The trademark MAKERS was filed by PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., a corporation established under the laws of the Swiss Confederation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 22, 2021, and received one opposition filed on November 22, 2021 by Maker's Mark Distillery, PBC on Unfair advantage /detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by BOMHARD IP, S.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 22, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 34 with following description of goods:
Tobacco, raw or manufactured
Tobacco products
Cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos, tobacco for roll your own cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, kretek
Snus
Tobacco substitutes (not for medical purposes)
Electronic cigarettes
Tobacco products for the purpose of being heated
Electronic devices and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation
Liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes
Smokers' articles, cigarette paper, cigarette tubes, cigarette filters, tobacco tins, cigarette cases, ashtrays for smokers, pipes, pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes, lighters for smokers, matches.