The trademark ECO nature was filed by ECO NATURE S.R.L., a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 5, 1998, and received one opposition filed on July 2, 1998 by Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in French, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 2, 1998
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on March 4, 2002.
The Opposition with reference B 000058174 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Rule 22(2) CTMIR with decision issued on August 7, 2000 by the EUIPO.