The trademark AIAN was filed by Petra Felten-Geisinger, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant") and Carmen Felten, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on February 10, 2020, and received one opposition filed on May 13, 2020 by LABORATORIOS FORENQUI, S.A. on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by BALLESTER IP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 13, 2020
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).