In order to use opposition right effectively and on due time, it is important to pursue periodically thousands of Trademark applications published in the Official Trademark Bulletin every month, to ascertain applications for identical and similar Trademarks and to oppose such applications in its legal period.      

Trademark owners have a right to oppose to any application made for identical or similar Trademark(s) with their own in the same class(es) within 3 months of the publication date of the application. 

For example, the owner of “ABBATE” Trademark may oppose to the later applications likely to be published in the Official Trademark Bulletin for identical or similar Trademarks such as “ABBATE”, “ABA-ATE and “ABAATE” in the same class.

In case there is no opposition made, it is highly probable that signs identical or similar with your Trademark may be registered and used in the market legitimately with the result that you have to face inconvenient situations such as loss of client and income arisen from the likelihood of confusion among the ultimate users.