The trademark Auing was filed by Shenzhen Aoyin Lighting Co., Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 25, 2021, and received one opposition filed on August 18, 2021 by Koninklijke Auping B.V. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by NLO SHIELDMARK B.V. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 18, 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 003153035 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 28, 2022 by the EUIPO.