The trademark I.O. GROUP was filed by Gunther Wolf, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 17, 2004, and received one opposition filed on June 9, 2004 by IOR CONSULTING, S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by DURÁN - CORRETJER, S.L.P. and proceedings were handled in French, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 9, 2004
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Two renewals of the trademark were recorded, one on October 31, 2012, and the other one on May 26, 2022.
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on August 13, 2007. Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on June 7, 2010.
The Appeal with reference B R1213/2006-2 was Opposition rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on August 20, 2007 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 000700338 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on July 18, 2006 by the EUIPO.