The trademark BLACK SWAN was filed by Robert Sulić, a national of the Republic of Croatia (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 5, 2023, and received one opposition filed on October 3, 2023 by Affenzeller, Peter on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ANWÄLTE BURGER UND PARTNER RECHTSANWALT GMBH and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 3, 2023
The application was filed in Croatian, and Croatian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).