The trademark Bamboo Garden was filed by DF World of Spices GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 25, 2015, and received one opposition filed on June 25, 2015 by Lain Fung Foods Ltd on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute, (c) Earlier non registered TM & right to prohibit use of later TM under national law. the opponent was represented by LANE IP LIMITED and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 25, 2015
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 January 30, 2025.
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on July 24, 2016. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on June 16, 2019. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on December 1, 2021.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 21 with following description of goods:
Household or kitchen utensils and containers
Combs and sponges
Brushes and paintbrushes
Brush-making materials
Articles for cleaning purposes
Steelwool
Raw or semi-processed glass
Glassware, porcelain and earthenware
Woks
Condiment grinders, Graters, Squeezers
Containers for household and kitchen use, namely spice shakers and salt cellars and lids adapted therefor, and household racks and shelves adapted therefor
Table cruet stands
Cruet stands for oil and vinegar, cruets
Shakers
Misters for oil, oil-based products and vinegar
Chopsticks, Chopstick cases
Bamboo mats (household and kitchen articles).
The mark was filed in class 29 with following description of goods:
Meat, fish, poultry and game
Meat extracts
Fruit and vegetables
Jellies
Jams, compotes
Eggs, milk and milk products
Edible oils and fats
Seasoned meat
Soya sausage
Soya balls (meat substitutes) and soya goulash
Meat, fish, fruit and vegetable jellies
Fruit and vegetables preserved in oil, mustard, vinegar or syrup
Pastes, consisting of meat, fish, poultry, game, meat extracts, vegetables and milk products, with added spices
Purees, consisting of tomatoes, beans, chestnuts, peas
Fine ragoût
Chickpea paste (houmous)
Truffle paste
Liver pâté
Stocks
Concentrates for making soups
Soups, consommes, bouillon, broth
Vegetable, meat and poultry stock concentrates, stock cubes
Preparations for making soups, consommes, bouillon and broth, including all in dehydrated form
Processed soup vegetables
Soya milk, coconut milk
Cheese products
Tofu
Fruit marmalade
Edible spreads
Foodstuffs, including falafel, mainly made using beans or chickpeas, with added soya flour
Weed extracts
Kelp [processed], Seaweed sheets
Snail eggs
Processed snails and shellfish and crustaceans
Snacks, crisps
Krupuk
Small snacks for between meals, essentially consisting of meat, fish, shellfish, poultry, game, meat extracts, milk products, soups, mushrooms, fruit, vegetables, potatoes, soya beans, fruit, nuts or seeds
Prepared or semi-prepared meals, essentially consisting of meat, fish, shellfish, poultry, game, meat extracts, milk products, soups, mushrooms, fruit, vegetables, potatoes, soya beans, fruit, nuts or seeds
Antipasti, dry mixtures for prepared meals, soups, salads
Fillings and mixtures, mainly consisting of meat, fish, shellfish, poultry, game, meat extracts, milk products, mushrooms, fruit, vegetables, potatoes, soya beans, fruit, nuts or seeds
Dietetic foodstuffs
Spreads for foodstuffs
Soy based beverages
Including all the aforesaid goods being preserves or being prepared and semi-prepared products, including in frozen form and including being dietetic foodstuffs.
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Prepared seasonings, including in the form of cubes
Sambals
Salsas
Chutneys [condiments]
Marinades, marinades containing spices
Spices and seasoning derived from flowers, flowers used as spices and seasoning
Dried chili peppers seasoning, Dried piri piri (chilli peppers) (seasoning)
Flavoured sugar, vanillin sugar, vanilla sugar
Sugar-cinnamon mixtures
Sugar-spice mixtures
Cane sugar
Edible coatings for foodstuffs
Products to soften meat (spices)
Flavour enhancers
Meat tenderisers for household purposes
Breaders
Vegetable flavourings, flavouring extracts, reaction flavourings and smoked flavourings
Essences
Aids for the baking industry, namely flavourings
Sauces, including demi-glace (sauce bases), bases for sauces, pesto, mustard sauces, salad dressings (liquid or dry), fruit sauces
Dips and preparations for making dips
Binding products being kitchen aids in dry, paste or liquid form, consisting of seasoning ingredients, technical aids for foodstuffs, including thickening agents or emulsifiers and other flavour-enhancing ingredients, in particular milk products, vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, flavourings, spices and herbs
Meat, fish, poultry and game pies
Treacle, maple syrup
Dry mixes for sauces and salad dressings (wet or dry)
Dressings (vinegar-oil mixtures)
Sauce thickener
Ketchup [sauce]
Mayonnaise
Capers
Caperberries
Preparations made from cereals for human consumption, muesli, couscous, bulgur
Polenta, farinaceous foods
Rice noodles
Glass noodles
Pastas, pastas with cheese, meat or vegetable fillings
Pasties
Yeast dough concentrate
Croutons
Onion and cheese pastries
Flat breads, filled or topped, or for filling or topping, including burritos, Fajitas, Tacos, Enchiladas and Chimichanga
Extruded wheat, rice and corn products for snacks, in particular tortillas, nachos, tacos, crackers
Ready-to-eat pastries for toasting, in particular savoury sandwich pastries
Maize flakes
Corn kernels
Chicken pies
Baking mixes and prepared baking mixes (in powder form), including baking mixes with spices and flavourings
Flour-milling products
Tacos, tortillas
Tapioca flour
Puddings
Desserts
Bread spreads
Spreads
Raising agents for pastries, namely baking soda, sal volatile and dry yeast
Preparations for loosening pastry dough
Chocolate, nougat
Candy
Tea-based products (with added vitamins and/or flavourings and/or in instant form and/or with added minerals), iced tea, beverages with tea or with a tea base, herbal tea or fruit tea
Herbal teas
Komboucha
Rice paper (foodstuffs)
Yeast, yeast preparations
Processed bran and bran preparations
Linseed preparations
Garlic in tablet or capsule form
Foodstuffs, including soya balls, mainly made using soya flour, and with added beans or chickpeas
Small snacks for between meals, essentially consisting of cereals, preparations made from cereals, rice, farinaceous food pastes, condiments, spices or pastry
Prepared and semi-prepared meals, essentially consisting of cereals, preparations made from cereals, rice, farinaceous food pastes, condiments, spices or pastry
Antipasti, dry mixtures for prepared meals, salads
Fillings and mixtures, mainly consisting of cereals, preparations made from cereals, rice, farinaceous food pastes, condiments or pastries
Deep-fried potato snacks
Pasta
Dietetic foodstuffs
Compounds (glazes for cakes)
Dextrose, smoked dextrose for food
Monosodium glutamate, sodium glutamate
Spreads for foodstuffs
Spray seasonings for foodstuffs
Thickening agents for cooking foodstuffs
Sausage binding materials
Gluten for food
Dipping compounds being edible coatings for foodstuffs
Seasoned coatings, being coatings for foodstuffs
Sesame preparations
Including all of the aforesaid goods being preserves or being prepared and semi-prepared products, including in frozen form, including being dietetic foodstuffs.
The mark was filed in class 33 with Alcoholic beverages (except wine), Plum wines, Rice wines, Beverages containing wine.