The trademark FLORINA was filed by FLORINA A HONEOS S.A., a corporation established under the laws of the Hellenic Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 5, 1999, and received one opposition filed on December 2, 1999 by LA LACTARIA ESPAÑOLA, S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Ungría López, Javier and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 2, 1999
The application was filed in Greek, and Greek was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
A total of undefined cancellation proceedings were initiated against the trademark registration in 2002.The first Cancellation was filed by Florina Bulgaria JSC (represented by undefined) on December 6, 2012 and Final decision – EUTM fully cancelled.
The renewal of the trademark was recorded by the office on July 26, 2009.
Application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on May 24, 2011. Decisions on applications for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on December 10, 2012.
The Opposition with reference B 000216590 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on January 30, 2002 by the EUIPO. The Cancellation with reference B 000005474 was EUTM cancelled according to Article 51(1)(a) CTMR with decision issued on August 2, 2012 by the EUIPO.