The trademark Aoya was filed by Hangzhou Home Tree Co.,Ltd, a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 30, 2021, and received one opposition filed on July 21, 2021 by eco-softfibre GmbH & Co. KG on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 21, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003151320 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on October 10, 2022 by the EUIPO.