The trademark OXYMET was filed by Iliyan Popov, a national of the Republic of Bulgaria (the "Applicant") and Yovka Milusheva, a national of the Republic of Bulgaria (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on May 10, 2021, and received one opposition filed on July 7, 2021 by Evonik Operations GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Evonik Trademark Association and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 7, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003150190 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on March 6, 2023 by the EUIPO.
The application claimed as seniority of the Republic of Bulgaria trademark 2020159638N and filed on July 30, 2020 which was accepted by the office.