The trademark elbase was filed by Elcase, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Poland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 5, 2019, and received one opposition filed on May 26, 2019 by SIGNON Deutschland GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by KAILUWEIT & UHLEMANN PATENTANWÄLTE PARTNERSCHAFT MBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 26, 2019
The application was filed in Polish, and Polish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003084655 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on May 10, 2020 by the EUIPO.