The trademark EMBLICA was filed by BLEU VERT, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 21, 2020, and received one opposition filed on July 19, 2020 by Merck KGaA on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ARISTOS IP Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mit beschränkter Berufshaftung Gerling Giannakoulis Pfleghar and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 19, 2020
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).