The trademark sprÿng was filed by Ynsect, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 12, 2023, and received one opposition filed on October 10, 2023 by Wellster Healthtech Group GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Schäfer, Matthias and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 10, 2023
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 1 with following description of goods:
Chemicals or organic compounds, for use in the following fields: Industry, Science
Chemicals or organic compounds, for use in the following fields: Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry
Chemicals and Chemical compounds or organic compounds, for use in the following fields: Manufacture of food and drinks
Protein [raw material]
Proteins for industrial use
Flour for industrial purposes
Proteins for the food industry
Proteins for use in the industrial manufacture of foodstuffs
Proteins for use in the manufacture of food and beverages
Proteins for use in the manufacture of food supplements
Dietary protein for human consumption (raw material) or Protein for animals (raw material for use in the food industry)
Proteins and preparing proteins namely: Food additives, for use in the following fields: For human or animal consumption
Raw materials, namely: Insect and insect larva proteins
Soil amendments
Fertilizers
Compost
Fertilisers for soil and Plant fertilisers
Biofertilizers for soils and plants
Biostimulants for plants
Insect frass organic fertiliser
Organic compositions for use in the manufacture of manures or fertilisers
Potting mixtures for use in horticulture
Organic compounds for use in the manufacture of fodder.
The mark was filed in class 5 with following description of goods:
Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations
Chemical preparations or Organic preparations For medical, pharmaceutical or veterinary purposes
Foodstuffs and dietetic substances for medical or veterinary purposes
Food supplements
Food supplements for human beings and animals
Preparations for destroying noxious animals
Pesticides
Insecticides
Parasiticides
Fungicides
Weedicides.
The mark was filed in class 31 with following description of goods:
Agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural and forestry products, The aforesaid goods other than those of the botanical genus Tulipa
Live animals
Edible insects, live and Live edible insect larvae
Animal foodstuffs
Dietary preparations based on insects or insect larvae or containing insects or insect larvae for animal consumption
Insect or insect larvae meal for animal consumption
Oils and fats from insects or insect larvae, or based on insects or insect larvae, for animal consumption
Insect or insect larvae proteins in the form of powder, oil or in textured form, for use in the following fields: Food for animals
Fodder
Crustaceans, live.
The mark was filed in class 44 with following description of goods:
Agriculture, horticulture and forestry services
Cultivating and Breeding, in relation to the following goods: Insects and Insect larvae
Advise and Communications, in relation to the following fields: Cultivation and farming of insects and insect larvae.