Applied-for mark  “Rich CoCo, figure” is being opposed

CHANEL, Département des Marques, addressed at 135 avenue Charles de Gaulle F-92200 Neuilly-Sur-Seine Cedex (FR), owner of International Registration of Mark No. 363419 – COCO for protection of products in Class 03 and a number of other classes, currently in effect in Vietnam, has petitioned with the IP Vietnam to oppose national (VN) applied-for mark application No. 4-2022-45511 “Rich CoCo, figure” for protection of "Cosmetics; shower gel; shampoo; soap; coconut oil as cosmetic” in Class 03 on the grounds of confusing similarity to the earlier cited mark, in particular (i) the products bearing the marks are identical and/or similar to each other, and (ii) the applied-for mark contains the word element CoCo completely identical with the cited mark.

The case is being handled by the IP Vietnam./.