Conflict Between RAMCO And RANCO

Our client, KASEM & SHAMI (RAMCO AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION INDUSTRY CO.), a Syrian company has filed on 21 April 2006 a trademark application for RAMCO in Arabic and Latin Characters in class 7 under No. 5302919.

On 2 September 2010, "Ranco Incorporated", an American company, filed an opposition against our client's above application based on the following:

• They are the owner of trademark RANCO in class 9.
• The trademarks RANCO and RAMCO are similar in terms of the pronunciation and the general idea which will lead to public confusion.
• The prior use and registration of the American company for their trademark.

Our counterstatement was based on the following:

• Our client is the real and legitimate owner of the trademark RAMCO in the country of origin and other countries around the world.