The trademark "blue elephant" was filed by Brigitte Berhorst, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant") and Manfred Thime, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on February 16, 2003, and received one opposition filed on March 18, 2003 by Dornier, Cornelius on undefined. the opponent was represented by Schäfer, Matthias and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 18, 2003
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The application claimed as seniority of the Federal Republic of Germany trademark 301 10 300.3/42 registered on January 9, 2002 and filed on February 14, 2001 which was accepted by the office.