The trademark BULLICE was filed by Paolo Frisella, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 20, 2023, and received one opposition filed on March 20, 2024 by Red Bull GmbH on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Hogan Lovells (Alicante) S.L. & Cia. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 20, 2024
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Apparatus and installations for refrigerating purposes
Horizontal chest freezers
Refrigerators
Bar fridges
Freezers
Chest freezers
Cool boxes, electric
Gas-operated cool boxes
Non-portable cool boxes
Electric wine coolers
Machines for producing ice cubes
Automatic ice machines for refrigerators
Electric bottle coolers.
The mark was filed in class 16 with following description of goods:
Plastic sheets, films and bags for wrapping and packaging
Plastic bags for the production of ice
Ice cube bags, Paperboard.
The mark was filed in class 21 with following description of goods:
Household or kitchen utensils and containers
Cookware and tableware, except forks, knives and spoons
Coolers [non-electric containers]
Portable cool boxes, non-electric
Isothermic bags
Portable cool boxes, non-electric
Ice buckets
Crates for carrying wine
Containers for ice
Bottle coolers
Non-electric ice crushers
Ice tongs
Ice cube scoops
Ice cube moulds
Ice cube moulds.
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods: