The trademark STAR-WARS was filed by Longshan Lin, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 23, 2021, and received one opposition filed on May 16, 2021 by Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT ANWALTSPARTNERSCHAFT MBB - PATENTANWÄLTE RECHTSANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 16, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003146906 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on July 25, 2022 by the EUIPO.