The trademark DOPE was filed by Leonardus C.W. Reijnders, a national of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 3, 2020, and received one opposition filed on April 30, 2020 by DOPE DRINK CO PTY LTD on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 30, 2020
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003117754 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on September 2, 2021 by the EUIPO.