The trademark VA VALUED was filed by Valued GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 8, 2023, and received one opposition filed on May 7, 2023 by Boardriders IP Holdings, LLC on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Nordemann Czychowski & Partner Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälte mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 7, 2023
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on July 26, 2023.
The Opposition with reference B 003195060 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on March 6, 2024 by the EUIPO.