The trademark BE UNIQ was filed by Marcel Himmelmann, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant") and Nina Prünte, 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 May 10, 2022, and received one opposition filed on July 21, 2022 by SINGULAR PEOPLE S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by IGLOBAX and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 21, 2022
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 003175035 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on September 24, 2023 by the EUIPO.