The trademark x-start was filed by Junwu Mao, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 5, 2020, and received one opposition filed on November 30, 2020 by Rittal GmbH & Co. KG on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT ANWALTSPARTNERSCHAFT MBB - PATENTANWÄLTE RECHTSANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 30, 2020
The application was filed in Polish, and Polish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003135882 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 13, 2022 by the EUIPO.