The trademark ALPINA Depuis 1844 was filed by ALPINA SAVOIE, Société par Actions Simplifiée, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 3, 2022, and received one opposition filed on May 23, 2022 by Campesino Bilbao, Jose Manuel on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by González-Mogena González, Iñigo A. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 23, 2022
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 29 with following description of goods:
Preserved, dried and cooked vegetables
Dried pulses
Beans, preserved
Soya beans, preserved, for food
Lentils, preserved
Dried beans
Preparations with a base of the following goods: Preserved, dried and cooked vegetables, Dried pulses, Beans, preserved, Soya beans, preserved, for food, Lentils, preserved, Dried beans
Cooked or prepared meals based on the following goods: Preserved, dried and cooked vegetables, Dried pulses, Beans, preserved
Sauces in particular tomato paste, Tomato purée, Condensed tomatoes, Peeled tomatoes, Processed tomatoes, Tinned tomatoes, Tomato juice for cooking.
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Cereals, cereals for use in making pasta, flour, cereal flour, cereal semolina, preparations based on cereals, cereal flour and cereal semolina, wheat flour for food, buckwheat flour for food, processed wheat
Pasta, Fresh and dried pasta, Pasta containing stuffings, Prepared pasta, Pasta containing eggs, Farinaceous food pastes for human consumption, Pasta based on durum wheat, Pasta based on buckwheat
Alimentary paste [dough]
Rice
Cooked or prepared dishes based on cereals, cereal flour and cereal semolina
Cooked meals based on pasta or Pasta-based prepared meals
Ready cooked meals made form rice or Rice-based prepared meals
Cooked or prepared dishes based on quinoa, wheat or bulgur wheat
Convenience food and savory snacks, Pasta dishes, Ready-made dishes containing pasta
Sauces [condiments], Food dressings [sauces], Pasta sauce, Sauces for pizzas
Vegetable pulps [sauces - food], Savoury purees and chutneys, Salsas
All the aforesaid goods Except breakfast cereals, Other than preparations based on cereals for breakfast, other than cereal bars for breakfast.