The trademark APEC Scale was filed by CIPPA, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 28, 2020, and received one opposition filed on August 30, 2020 by ASSOCIATION POUR L'EMPLOI DES CADRES (APEC) on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by NOVAGRAAF FRANCE and proceedings were handled in French, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 30, 2020
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).