The trademark precon was filed by Thomas Ahlbach, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant") and Thorsten Maurer, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on August 22, 2021, and received one opposition filed on November 22, 2021 by PREFABRICACIONES Y CONTRATAS, S.A. (PRECON, S.A.) on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by J.M. TORO, S.L.P. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 22, 2021
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003158848 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on February 16, 2023 by the EUIPO.