The trademark VIVA was filed by JJ Motors Co., Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Korea (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 19, 2022, and received one opposition filed on October 5, 2022 by BBF Bike GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Patentanwälte Olbricht Buchhold Keulertz Partnerschaft mbB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 5, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 12 with following description of goods:
Ambulances
Cars
Motor buses
Cars
Motor coaches
Driverless cars [autonomous cars]
Electric cars
Electrically powered buses
Electrically powered motor vehicles, excluding the following goods: Electrically powered bicycles, Two-wheeled and three-wheeled electrically operated vehicles
Hearses
Light lorries
Light lorries
Lorries
Minibuses
Minibuses
Mobility scooters, excluding the following goods: Two-wheeled and three-wheeled mobility scooters
Motor cars for transport on land, excluding the following goods: Motorised bicycles, Two-wheeled motorised vehicles, Three-wheeled motor operated vehicles
Motor coaches
All-terrain vehicles, excluding the following goods: Bicycles