The trademark KRUCE was filed by Hefei Lvchuang Commercial and Trading Co.,Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 25, 2020, and received one opposition filed on January 24, 2021 by Hape International (Ningbo) Ltd. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Stoffregen, Hans-Herbert and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 24, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003139638 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 27, 2022 by the EUIPO.