The trademark SAPIENS was filed by Matteo Conversi, a national of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant") and Matteo Piano, a national of the Italian Republic (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on July 30, 2020, and received one opposition filed on September 13, 2020 by MLS TEXTILES 1992, S.L. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by PADIMA and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 13, 2020
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).