The trademark TOCTOTO was filed by Jiaojun Wu, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant") and Zhidong Liu, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on June 25, 2018, and received one opposition filed on July 26, 2018 by ESSENTIAL EXPORT, LIMITADA on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by AROCHI & LINDNER, S.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 26, 2018
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
The Appeal with reference B R1769/2019-2 was Opposition rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on May 20, 2020 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003060357 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on July 25, 2019 by the EUIPO.