The trademark Bruce&Shark was filed by Guangzhou Tuozan Trading Co., Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 9, 2022, and received one opposition filed on August 2, 2022 by FECHTER DRIVE MOTORSPORT GMBH on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. 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 (French was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003175910 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on October 29, 2023 by the EUIPO.