The trademark MATCH was filed by BKG Invest GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 9, 2022, and received one opposition filed on January 3, 2023 by SUPERMARCHES MATCH Société par actions simplifiée on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by MIIP MADE IN IP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 3, 2023
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on November 21, 2022. Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on March 8, 2023.
The Opposition with reference B 003187252 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on December 3, 2023 by the EUIPO.