The trademark Academy of Life was filed by Markus Lehnert, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant") and Ines Rüfenacht, a national of the Swiss Confederation (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on November 14, 2017, and received one opposition filed on February 14, 2018 by Campus London LLP t/a The School of Life on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by KILBURN & STRODE LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued February 14, 2018
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).