The trademark iFORCE was filed by Dongguan Yuanyin Electronics Co., Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant") and Tiantu Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on September 28, 2022, and received one opposition filed on December 27, 2022 by iForce Group Limited on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by METIDA and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 27, 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 003186410 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on November 29, 2023 by the EUIPO.