The trademark O•P•I was filed by XiuLian Tong, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 29, 2022, and received one opposition filed on August 2, 2022 by Wella Operations US, LLC on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by DENNEMEYER & ASSOCIATES and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 2, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003175912 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 13, 2023 by the EUIPO.