The trademark ProPulsan was filed by Minghao Pan, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant") and Xiao Ding, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on February 4, 2021, and received one opposition filed on April 29, 2021 by brandsupply GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by RAU, SCHNECK & HÜBNER PATENTANWÄLTE RECHTSANWÄLTE PARTGMBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 29, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003145686 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on June 12, 2022 by the EUIPO.