The trademark MOZARTELLA was filed by John Wambua, a national of the Republic of Kenya (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 7, 2022, and received one opposition filed on March 5, 2023 by Ferrero S.p.A. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by AVVOCATI ASSOCIATI FELTRINELLI & BROGI and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 5, 2023
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003191441 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on April 4, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 25 with following description of goods:
Parts of clothing, footwear and headgear
Footwear
Clothing
Headwear
Leather headwear
Knitwear [clothing]
Headbands for clothing
Footwear [excluding orthopedic footwear]
Water-resistant clothing
Footwear for snowboarding
Headbands [clothing]
Weatherproof clothing
Plus fours.
The mark was filed in class 29 with following description of goods:
Cocoa butter for food
Truffle-based spread products (truffle creams)
Jellies, jams, compotes, fruit and vegetable spreads
Fruit jelly spreads
Jellies [bread spreads]
Coffee cream in the form of powder
Cream cheese
Edible fat-based spreads for bread
Artificial cream (dairy product substitutes)
Rice milk for use as a milk substitute
Potato snack foods
Cheese-based snack foods
Potato-based snack foods
Nut-based snack foods
Fruit-based snack food
Snack food (Fruit-based -)
Fruit based snack foods
Milk-based beverages flavored with chocolate
Cocoa flavored milk beverages
Milk beverages with cocoa
Fruit-based filling for cakes and pies
Flavoured milk powder for making drinks
Fruit desserts
Yoghurt desserts
Desserts of yogurt
Artificial milk based desserts
Dairy desserts
Potato pancakes
Custard style yoghurts
Egg muffins
Yoghurt
Yogurt
Yoghurts
Fruit flavoured yoghurts
Yoghurt beverages
Low fat yoghurts
Drinking yogurts
Drinking yoghurts
Drinking yoghurt
Flavoured yoghurts
Yogurt drinks
Yoghurt drinks
Coffee creamer
Coffee creamers
Fish
Fish substitutes
Fish croquettes
Fillets (Fish -)
Fish fillets
Processed fish
Fish sausages
Fish, preserved
Fish preserves
Preserved fish
Fish crackers
Pickled fish
Vegetables in vinegar
Honey butter
Processed legumes
Legume salads
Snack foods based on legumes
Soya beans, preserved, for food
Preserved soya beans for food
Processed soya beans
Preserved soya beans
Preserved soy beans for food
Soya bean oil for food
Soya bean curd
Crystallized fruits
Fruits (Crystallized -)
Fruit marmalade
Hazelnuts, prepared
Hazelnut spread
Hazelnut spreads
Almond butter
Candied walnuts
Almond milk-based beverages
Rhubarb in syrup
Meat jellies
Flakes of dried fish meat (kezuri-bushi)
Dried fish meat
Soups and stocks, meat extracts
Frozen meat products
Coconut oil and fat [for food]
Tajine [prepared meat, fish or vegetable dish]
Butter (Cocoa -)
Cocoa butter
Marmalade
Marmalades
Orange and ginger marmalade
Ginger jam
Rhubarb jam
Cranberry sauce [compote]
Cranberry jam
Fruit jams
Apple sauce (compote)
Plum jam
Raspberry jam
Blueberry jams
Cranberry compote
Strawberry jam
Fruit jellies
Cheese
Cheeses
Mold-ripened cheese
Mold-ripened cheeses
Mozzarella cheese
Soft-ripened cheeses
Cheddar cheese
Mould-ripened cheese
Cheese substitutes
Truffle cheeses
Cheese products
Cottage cheese
Cheese mixtures
Low fat cheese
Processed cheese
Milk
Milk beverages, milk predominating
Milk substitutes
Reconstituted milk
Milk beverages
Rice milk [milk substitute]
Coconut milk
Organic milk
Protein milk
Soya milk [milk substitute]
Milk products
Acidophilus milk
Frozen vegetables
Frozen shellfish
Frozen chicken
Frozen spinach
Frozen poultry
Frozen turkey
Frozen seafood
White pudding
Black pudding
Dairy puddings
Black pudding [blood sausage]
Legume-based snacks
Coconut-based snacks
Tofu-based snacks
Milk-based snacks
Potato snacks
Fruit snacks.
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Chocolate drink preparations flavoured with banana
Glutinous pounded rice cake coated with bean powder (injeolmi)
Injeolmi [glutinous rice cakes coated with powdered beans]
Snack food products made from rice flour
Sugar candy [for food]
Pastries containing creams and fruit
Crystallized sugar for decorating food
Snack food products made from potato flour
Chocolate drink preparations flavoured with toffee
Chocolate syrups for the preparation of chocolate based beverages
Cereal preparations coated with sugar and honey
Snack food products made from soya flour
Crystal sugar pieces [confectionery]
Snack food products made from maize flour
Powdered starch syrup [for food]
Chocolate drink preparations flavoured with orange
Snack food products made from cereal flour
Snack foods prepared from potato flour
Cocoa based creams in the form of spreads
Invert sugar cream [artificial honey]
Chocolate creams
Truffle cream sauces
Chocolate spreads for use on bread
Pastries containing creams
Petits fours
Petit fours
Popadoms
Shao mai
Pastries, cakes, tarts and biscuits (cookies)
Fruit cake snacks
Rice cake snacks
Flour based snack foods
Wheat-based snack foods
Cereal snack foods flavoured with cheese
Cereal-based snack food
Snack food (Cereal-based -)
Cereal based snack foods
Chocolate confectionery products
Confectionery chocolate products
Chocolate based products
Cocoa-based ingredients for confectionery products
Soya based ice cream products
Chocolate confectionery
Chocolates
Chocolate
Cocoa products
Chocolate beverages
Chocolate confectionary
Chocolate flavoured confectionery
Chocolate fillings for bakery products
Non-medicated chocolate confectionery
Chocolate confections
Chocolate flavoured beverages
Ice creams flavoured with chocolate
Shortbread with a chocolate flavoured coating
Ice beverages with a cocoa base
Aerated beverages [with coffee, cocoa or chocolate base]
Aerated drinks [with coffee, cocoa or chocolate base]
Cocoa beverages with milk
Chocolate covered wafer biscuits
Wafer biscuits
Wafers [biscuits]
Bean-jam filled wafers (monaka)
Rolled wafers [biscuits]
Fruit filled pastry products
Pastries filled with fruit
Filled cookies
Filled biscuits
Chocolate biscuits
Chocolate coated biscuits
Chocolate-coated biscuits
Half covered chocolate biscuits
Chocolate caramel wafers
Half-moon-shaped cake of rice containing sweet or semi-sweet fillings (songpyeon)
Marshmallow filled chocolates
Corn starch derivatives in powder form for making into drinks