The trademark DOCK was filed by "Dr. Martens" International Trading GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant") and "Dr. Maertens" Marketing GmbH, a corporation established under the laws 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 5, 2021, and received one opposition filed on October 13, 2021 by WALKEMORE, S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by SIMÕES, GARCIA, CORTE-REAL & ASSOCIADOS - CONSULTORES, LDA. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 13, 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 003156619 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on November 11, 2023 by the EUIPO.