000832840

STEPA

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May 23, 1998

Trademark Summary

The trademark STEPA was filed by Joannes GEUNS, a national of the Kingdom of Belgium (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 18, 1999, and received one opposition filed on October 18, 1999 by Palacios Martin, Enriqueta on Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 18, 1999

The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).

Two renewals of the trademark were recorded, one on June 1, 2008, and the other one on May 24, 2018.

A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on May 31, 2018.

The Opposition with reference B 000201089 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(a) CTMR with decision issued on September 29, 2002 by the EUIPO.

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Goods And Services

• The mark was filed in class 5 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Dietetic substances adapted for medical use
  2. Dietetic food
  3. Dietetic food preparations adapted for medical purposes
  4. Parts of plants, plant extracts and sweeteners for medical purposes.
• The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Natural sweeteners, more specifically vegetable sweeteners, plant extracts not included in other classes
  2. Sugar
  3. Artificial sugar
  4. Tea
  5. Dried herbs
  6. Vegetable food fibres
  7. Foodstuffs made with vegetable sweeteners not included in other classes
  8. Dietetic food preparations, not adapted for medical purposes, not included in other classes.
• The mark was filed in class 31 with Live plants, more specifically plants with a high sweetener content and live Stevia Rebaudiana plants..