The trademark WESTLAND was filed by Signature Foods Nederland B.V., a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 9, 2020, and received one opposition filed on February 22, 2021 by Westfalenland Fleischwaren GmbH on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Schulze Horn, Kathrin and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued February 22, 2021
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).