The trademark HISOPHIA was filed by Yifan Yang, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant") and Yuwei Wang, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on June 22, 2021, and received one opposition filed on September 22, 2021 by Artefacto Atelier, S.L. on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ARCADE & ASOCIADOS and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 22, 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 003155325 was refused according to Article 8(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on November 7, 2022 by the EUIPO.