Similarity of Marks
By Edy Guadalupe Portal
The Salvadoran company NUEVAS INDUSTRIAS DE ALIMENTOS S.A. filed an application to register the trademark FRAPPE to protect goods in International Class 30. The National Bureau of Registries , on appeal, confirmed the Intellectual´s Property Department´s decision that admitted the opposition filed by the Swiss company SOCIETE DE PRODUITS NESTLE S.A. based on the similarity of FRAPPE to its mark FRATTE which was registered to cover goods in the same class.