The trademark Perfect Bender was filed by Martin Mayerhofer, a national of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 26, 2020, and received one opposition filed on June 21, 2020 by SIA Buschmann tools on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Mark was filed without authorisation of proprietor. the opponent was represented by LAW FIRM FORT and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 21, 2020
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
A total of undefined cancellation proceedings were initiated against the trademark registration in 2021.The first Cancellation was filed by SIA Buschmann tools (represented by Ieva Judinska-Bandeniece) on January 18, 2024 and Final decision – EUTM fully cancelled.
Application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on March 16, 2022. Decisions on applications for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on January 22, 2024.
The Opposition with reference B 003124614 was rejected according to Article 8(3) EUTMDR with decision issued on May 17, 2021 by the EUIPO. The Cancellation with reference B 000052320 was EUTM cancelled according to Article 59(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on October 18, 2023 by the EUIPO.