The trademark Shift Tech was filed by Wenhua Zhou, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 6, 2022, and received one opposition filed on December 1, 2022 by Waldeck, Carsten on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by FUCHS PATENTANWÄLTE PARTNERSCHAFT MBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 1, 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 003184128 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on November 22, 2023 by the EUIPO.