The trademark ORCA was filed by The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 28, 2021, and received one opposition filed on July 27, 2021 by Ruhr-Universität Bochum on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by SCHNEIDERS & BEHRENDT PARTMBB, RECHTS- UND PATENTANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 27, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on April 21, 2022.