The trademark REFABRICS was filed by F B LINE SRL, a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 16, 2020, and received one opposition filed on September 1, 2020 by Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BINDER GRÖSSWANG RECHTSANWÄLTE GMBH and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 1, 2020
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on September 16, 2020.
The Opposition with reference B 003130084 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on March 20, 2022 by the EUIPO.