Conflict Between MILANO & MILANO

On 1 June 2010, Milano Trading Est., a Bahraini company, has filed a trademark application for "Milano & device" in class 35 under No. 81671which was published in the official Gazette No. 2991 dated 17 March 2011.

Our client, Danube Building Materials FZCO, a U.A.E. company, and the real owner of trademark "MILANO" filed an opposition against the above trademark application.

Our opposition was based on the following:

• The Opponent is the sole and legitimate owner of the trademark MILANO and has the priority in registering the same in the Kingdom of Bahrain and worldwide.
• The confusing similarities between the opposed trademark application and the opponent's trademark in terms of the pronunciation, phonetics and the kind of products which will lead to public confusion.