The trademark smArt DIALER was filed by Michael Scheland, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 13, 1998, and received one opposition filed on December 13, 1998 by ORANGE on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by NOVAGRAAF FRANCE and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 13, 1998
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 14, 2001. Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on November 15, 2001.
The Opposition with reference B 000113540 was rejected according to Rule 20(1) CTMIR with decision issued on June 29, 2000 by the EUIPO.