The trademark LOU + LEO was filed by TSI Consumer Goods GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 16, 2013, and received one opposition filed on March 9, 2014 by Kraft Foods Schweiz Holding GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by NOVAGRAAF NEDERLAND B.V. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 9, 2014
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The renewal of the trademark was recorded by the office on May 15, 2023.
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on December 12, 2013. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on July 24, 2016. Relative errors of the trademark registration was recorded on September 18, 2016. A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on September 23, 2019.
The Opposition with reference B 002323536 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on March 3, 2016 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Coffee, artificial coffee, coffee extracts, coffee concentrates, iced coffee, cappuccino, tea, tea substitutes, tea extracts, tea concentrates, iced teas, Coffee, tea and cappuccino beverage preparations, ready to drink and composed essentially of coffee, tea, including in instant form
Muesli, cornflakes
Sugar substitutes
Bread, prepared mixtures for pastry and confectionery, baking-powder, dough mixtures, dessert mixtures being confectionery, in particular dessert powder mixtures
Prepared grains (cereals), wheat, rice and maize products being cereal flakes.
The mark was filed in class 32 with following description of goods:
Energy drinks, soft drinks, non-alcoholic mixed beverages
Lemonades, fruit juices, vegetable juices, vitamin juices, in particular multivitamin juices
Smoothies
Non-alcoholic beverages containing whey, in particular beverages containing whey with added fruit
Liquid and/or dry preparations, in particular instant powder, syrups, essences and concentrates, for making alcohol-free beverages, lemonades, alcohol-free mixed drinks, vitamin drinks, multivitamin drinks, fruit drinks, fruit juices and/or vegetable juices
Mineral waters, aerated waters
Pastilles for effervescing beverages
Foaming powder for beverages, in particular for beverages tasting of fruit.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Business affairs
Marketing, marketing studies and market analysis
Retailing, wholesaling, wholesale customer service and/or online mail order in the field of food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
The mark was filed in class 43 with Services for providing food and drink and temporary accommodation in hotels and restaurants, catering, the aforesaid services, including in the form of wholesale customer services.