The trademark VOLCANO was filed by Hunan Lianke Technology Co., Ltd, a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 14, 2021, and received one opposition filed on May 12, 2021 by MODECOM HONG KONG LIMITED on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Święcicki, Krzysztof and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 12, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003146759 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on May 12, 2022 by the EUIPO.