The trademark BPI was filed by Wouter van Kempen, a national of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 24, 2020, and received one opposition filed on August 23, 2020 by Banco BPI, S.A. on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by SIMÕES, GARCIA, CORTE-REAL & ASSOCIADOS - CONSULTORES, LDA. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 23, 2020
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).