The trademark Sotu was filed by NESEC Gesellschaft für angewandte Netzwerksicherheit mbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 14, 2020, and received one opposition filed on August 11, 2020 by SETU GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Rüger Abel Patentanwälte PartGmbB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 11, 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 003128283 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on June 15, 2021 by the EUIPO.