The trademark Brand Portal was filed by Peter Schmidt Group, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on January 22, 2018, and received one opposition filed on April 23, 2018 by BRAND GMBH + CO KG on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by VON ROHR PATENTANWÄLTE PARTNERSCHAFT MBB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 23, 2018
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 professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 21, 2019. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on January 15, 2020. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on August 5, 2022.
The Refusal with reference B 016892796 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on September 22, 2017 by the EUIPO.