The trademark COLCHICARD was filed by Pharmaselect International Beteiligungs GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 13, 2020, and received one opposition filed on May 13, 2020 by Novartis AG on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Nordemann Czychowski & Partner Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälte mbB 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).
The Opposition with reference B 003120879 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on June 10, 2021 by the EUIPO.