Adidas won an opposition against the following application for a figurative trademark, applied for Class 25 by a Chinese company:
Against this sign, Addidas opposed its following earlier national trademark in Japan in Class 25 too:
According to the German producer, both signs are confusingly similar because their visual elements create a similar impression in consumers. What’s more, Adidas’s mark has a reputation which increases, even more, the risk of confusion.
The Opposition Board coalesce with Adidas concluding that there is a possibility for consumer confusion because both signs are visually similar for identical goods and all of that is supported by the earlier trademark’s reputation.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PLANET 