The trademark MONTBLEU was filed by Shenzhen Mingce Technology 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 22, 2020, and received one opposition filed on September 20, 2020 by Montblanc-Simplo GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by de la Brosse, Emmanuel and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 20, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on June 16, 2020. A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on June 15, 2023.
The Opposition with reference B 003131281 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on September 26, 2021 by the EUIPO.