The trademark DRIVING WITH THE STARS was filed by 4MAT FACTORY B.V, a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant") and Antony Haynes, a national of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on April 22, 2021, and received one opposition filed on July 19, 2021 by The British Broadcasting Corporation on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Burges Salmon IP Ireland Limited and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 19, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on April 21, 2022.