The trademark Dr. Best was filed by Lingner-Produktion GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 1, 1998, and received one opposition filed on May 27, 1998 by Oral-B Laboratories, A Division of Gillette Canada Inc. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT ANWALTSPARTNERSCHAFT MBB - PATENTANWÄLTE RECHTSANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 27, 1998
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Two renewals of the trademark were recorded, one on August 27, 2006, and the other one on February 4, 2017.
of the trademark registration was recorded on August 27, 2006. of the trademark registration was recorded on February 4, 2017. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on July 29, 2007. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on September 23, 2007.
The Opposition with reference B 000042871 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on December 21, 1999 by the EUIPO.