The trademark Viva! was filed by Giertz Vinimport AB, a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of Sweden (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 4, 2016, and received one opposition filed on August 10, 2016 by Nordbrand Nordhausen GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Schwab, Lucia and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 10, 2016
The application was filed in Swedish, and Swedish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).