The trademark Lean Group was filed by Lean Group GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 10, 2020, and received one opposition filed on December 10, 2020 by Lean Factory Group GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Demski, Siegfried and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 10, 2020
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003136516 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on November 3, 2021 by the EUIPO.