The trademark Autonomous Matching was filed by The Stepstone Group EMEA GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 24, 2021, and received one opposition filed on November 18, 2021 by 8vance Matching Technologies B.V. on Art. 8(4). the opponent was represented by van Marwyk, Peter and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 18, 2021
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 August 24, 2023. A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on May 13, 2024.
The Refusal with reference B 018262838 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on April 28, 2021 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003158686 was rejected according to Article 8(4) EUTMR with decision issued on June 29, 2022 by the EUIPO.