The trademark Dr. Alves was filed by Canan Kalali, a national of the Republic of Turkey (the "Applicant") and Samet Alves de Moura, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on May 9, 2021, and received one opposition filed on August 5, 2021 by Alveus GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by KROHN RECHTSANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 5, 2021
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003152252 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on November 10, 2022 by the EUIPO.