The trademark Le Pole was filed by Pascal Durand, a national of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 18, 2020, and received one opposition filed on September 17, 2020 by POLE EMPLOI on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Balland-Soulie, D'Jordan and proceedings were handled in French, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 17, 2020
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003131152 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on September 13, 2021 by the EUIPO.