The trademark FreeYoung was filed by Xiaomin Wang, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 24, 2022, and received one opposition filed on November 16, 2022 by FREE on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by COURSIN CHARLIER AVOCATS and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 16, 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 003183279 was refused according to Article 8(5) EUTMR with decision issued on November 21, 2023 by the EUIPO.