Acting on behalf of “New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.”, we filed an opposition against the above application based on:

• Our client is the creator and legal owner of “NEW BALANCE” and has registered the trademark in more than 198 countries worldwide.
• Our client’s trademark is well-known and the registration of it by a third party will confuse the public of its origin. The registration of NEW BALACE by the Syrian company is breaching the Paris Convention, since Syria is a member state thereto.
• The opposed mark is the trade name of our client.

Accordingly, the Registrar has issued a decision in our favor to stop the registration procedure of the opposed trademark; however the defendant has appealed before the Appellant Committee who has confirmed the opposition decision to cancel the application.