The trademark QVICK was filed by Friederike Seiler, a national of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant") and Alexander Hartl, a national of the Republic of Austria (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on July 2, 2020, and received one opposition filed on October 4, 2020 by The Procter & Gamble Company on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BIRD & BIRD LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 4, 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 003132158 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 4, 2022 by the EUIPO.