The trademark DUO-LITE was filed by The Burton Corporation, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 12, 1998, and received one opposition filed on September 28, 1998 by Trumpf-Blusen-Kleider Walter Girgner Gmbh & Co. KG on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 28, 1998
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on October 28, 2002.