The trademark S-Guard was filed by Profa Handisafe AB, a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of Sweden (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 27, 2020, and received one opposition filed on May 25, 2020 by Hubert Schmitz GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Bauer Wagner Pellengahr Sroka Patent- & Rechtsanwalts PartG mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 25, 2020
The application was filed in Swedish, and Swedish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003122415 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on April 25, 2021 by the EUIPO.