The trademark Brauness Direct was filed by Huakun Wang, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 25, 2020, and received one opposition filed on May 26, 2020 by Braun GmbH on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by BIRD & BIRD LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 26, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
The Appeal with reference B R1241/2021-1 was Opposition allowed according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on March 20, 2022 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003122349 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on May 18, 2021 by the EUIPO.