The trademark NUTRO was filed by COTRIL S.P.A., a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 19, 2004, and received one opposition filed on March 16, 2005 by Laboratorios THEA, S.A. on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by P & T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, S.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 16, 2005
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on July 8, 2007.
The Opposition with reference B 000814733 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on August 17, 2006 by the EUIPO.