The trademark ORCHEST was filed by Orchest Software BV, a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 5, 2020, and received one opposition filed on August 27, 2020 by soffico GmbH on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by RITTERSHAUS Rechtsanwälte PartmbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 27, 2020
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003129779 was refused according to Article 8(1)(a) CTMR with decision issued on January 17, 2022 by the EUIPO.