The trademark BUTO was filed by Meiying Guo, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 25, 2020, and received one opposition filed on January 24, 2021 by Bulten AB on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by AWA SWEDEN AB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 24, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Partial transfers of the trademark registration was recorded on December 28, 2020.
The Opposition with reference B 003139619 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 16, 2022 by the EUIPO.