The trademark CHIPZ was filed by Rootz LTD, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Malta (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 19, 2020, and received one opposition filed on December 6, 2020 by BurdaForward GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by SSB Söder Berlinger Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 6, 2020
The application was filed in Finnish, and Finnish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003136189 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 12, 2022 by the EUIPO.