The trademark PARAGON Partition Manager was filed by Paragon Technologie GmbH Systemprogrammierung, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 6, 2009, and received one opposition filed on March 7, 2010 by RIIP, Inc. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GROTH & CO. KB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 7, 2010
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 001632945 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on November 7, 2010 by the EUIPO.