The trademark Sefine was filed by Huseyin Kocaoglu, a national of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 5, 2017, and received one opposition filed on July 4, 2017 by SoFine Foods B.V. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BAKKER & VERKUIJL B.V. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 4, 2017
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 002921487 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 20, 2018 by the EUIPO.