The trademark Dr. Galva was filed by Thomas Henning, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 26, 2021, and received one opposition filed on December 27, 2021 by EUROGALVA - GALVANIZAÇÃO E METALOMECÂNICA on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Castro Marques, Eduardo and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 27, 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 003161141 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on December 20, 2022 by the EUIPO.