The trademark GRUPO OHANA was filed by GRUPO OHANA d.o.o., a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Croatia (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 29, 2023, and received one opposition filed on October 22, 2023 by Ohana Food GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GLEIM PETRI PATENT- UND RECHTSANWALTSPARTNERSCHAFT MBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 22, 2023
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on August 21, 2024.
The Opposition with reference B 003205258 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 18, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 29 with following description of goods:
Prepared salads
Pre-cut vegetable salads
Vegetable salads
Antipasto salads
Salad oil
Processed legumes
Snack foods based on legumes
Processed fruits, fungi, vegetables, nuts and pulses
Processed, edible seaweed
Laver, preserved
Laver
Dried edible algae
Edible oils and fats
Fish, seafood and molluscs, not live
Smoked fish spread
Vegetable pate
Smoked salmon
Smoked fish
Crab roe for human consumption
Crab roe, prepared
Sea salmon roe for food
Shrimps, not live
Seafood preserves
Cooked seafood
Cooked fish
Fish-based foodstuffs
Sheets of dried laver (hoshi-nori)
Steaks of fish
Fish fillets
Dried fish
Pickled fish
Salted fish
Artificial fish roes
Frozen fish.
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Sushi
Rice crisps
Spring rolls
Kimbap
Skin [pastry] for spring rolls
Rice salad
Pasta salad
Dressings for salad
Salad cream
Wasabi powder
Prepared wasabi.
The mark was filed in class 31 with following description of goods:
Unprocessed sea lettuce (Aosa seaweed)
Salad vegetables [fresh]
Garden salads
Unprocessed seaweed (Wakame)
Unprocessed brown algae (Hijiki seaweed).
The mark was filed in class 43 with following description of goods: