The trademark LEED INITIATIVE was filed by LEED Initiative gUG (haftungsbeschränkt), a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 16, 2021, and received one opposition filed on May 16, 2021 by U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Carpmaels & Ransford (Ireland) LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 16, 2021
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Requests for conversion of an EUTM application into a national trade mark application of the trademark registration was recorded on March 9, 2021.
The Opposition with reference B 003146985 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on July 21, 2022 by the EUIPO.