The trademark DERETAN was filed by HD Kunststoffe & Kunststofferzeugnisse GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 22, 2010, and received one opposition filed on April 26, 2010 by Lanxess Deutschland GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 26, 2010
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 December 1, 2010.
The Opposition with reference B 001654071 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on October 20, 2011 by the EUIPO.