The trademark KOTA was filed by Ernest Desumbila, a national of the Kingdom of Spain (the "Applicant") and Stefan Storm, a national of the Kingdom of Sweden (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on February 14, 2023, and received one opposition filed on May 3, 2023 by Ernst Klett Aktiengesellschaft on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Schalast & Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 3, 2023
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 003195261 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on May 14, 2024 by the EUIPO.