The trademark metropa was filed by Stefan Frankenberger, a national of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 7, 2020, and received one opposition filed on November 24, 2020 by MIP METRO Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG on Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 24, 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 003135371 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on May 24, 2022 by the EUIPO.