The trademark Volar was filed by Bellwether Industries Limited, a corporation established under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 30, 2022, and received one opposition filed on June 28, 2022 by Jaguar Land Rover Limited on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by REDDIE & GROSE B.V. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 28, 2022
The application was filed in Finnish, and Finnish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Refusal with reference B 018561944 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 9, 2022 by the EUIPO.