The trademark SmartSurfACE was filed by SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 28, 2021, and received one opposition filed on June 27, 2021 by Alcon Inc. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Nordemann Czychowski & Partner Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälte mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 27, 2021
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).