The trademark WERKPRO was filed by Dongping Chen, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on January 21, 2021, and received one opposition filed on April 21, 2021 by AKTIV-POWER S.R.L. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Nastase, Cristian and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 21, 2021
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on April 8, 2021. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on October 2, 2022.
The Appeal with reference B R1000/2022-2 was Opposition partially rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on November 22, 2022 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003144990 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on April 6, 2022 by the EUIPO.