ASESORES DE RESTAURANTES S.A. de C.V. , a Salvadoran company, filed an application to register the commercial name FRIDAY´S to identify a restaurant. The U.S company T. G. I. FRIDAY´S INC., opposed registration based on its famous mark previously registered.
The Intellectual Property Department admitted the US company opposition and ASESORES DE RESTAURANTES S.A. de C.V. appealed. The National Bureau of Registries confirmed the Department´s admission of the opposition. It held that FRIDAY´S is a notorious and famous mark worldwide from the US and not from El Salvador like mentioned on the application.
IP news from Latin America are provided by Marcasur Int 04/05/2011