The trademark Mr. SEMKIN was filed by Medzhnun Mustafov, a national of the Republic of Bulgaria (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 29, 2022, and received one opposition filed on June 14, 2022 by VELIKOV & CO OOD on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by IP CONSULTING LTD. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 14, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003172946 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on September 20, 2023 by the EUIPO.