The trademark SCANDIC was filed by Obschestvo s ogranichennoy otvetstvennostiu "Torgovyi Dom Energon Rus", a corporation established under the laws of the Russian Federation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 24, 2021, and received one opposition filed on September 20, 2021 by Scandic Hotels AB on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by TIME DANOWSKY Advokatbyrå AB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 20, 2021
The application was filed in Czech, and Czech was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003155160 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on October 17, 2022 by the EUIPO.