The trademark Zucado was filed by Thomas Grünewald, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant") and Michaela Kaut, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on May 20, 2020, and received one opposition filed on August 20, 2020 by Ocado Innovation Limited on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Fitzsimons, Michael and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 20, 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 003129202 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on October 13, 2021 by the EUIPO.