The trademark CRAB was filed by Carmine ANTROPOLI, a national of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on January 17, 2022, and received one opposition filed on April 5, 2022 by Vascular Barcelona Devices, S.L. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ZBM PATENTS and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 5, 2022
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003167371 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on March 27, 2023 by the EUIPO.