The trademark AOKE was filed by Guangdong AUK Medical Apparatus and Instruments CO., LTD., a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 11, 2020, and received one opposition filed on August 17, 2020 by ASKÖ GmbH Innovative Schutzausrüstung on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Kroher Strobel Rechts- und Patentanwälte PartmbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 17, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).