The trademark GEA was filed by PATELEC CORDS AND CABLES S.R.L., a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 15, 2020, and received one opposition filed on June 14, 2020 by GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by SCHNEIDERS & BEHRENDT PARTMBB, RECHTS- UND PATENTANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 14, 2020
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).