The trademark IcH Liebe was filed by Mack & Schühle AG, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 3, 2017, and received one opposition filed on March 1, 2018 by Freixenet Copestick Limited on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Flick | Graf v. Stosch | Nienaber | Schmalz Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 1, 2018
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Appeal with reference B R1928/2019-5 was Opposition rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 4, 2020 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003047144 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on July 10, 2019 by the EUIPO.