The trademark STARKE was filed by Casa do Fitness Importadora de Artigos Esportivos Ltda, a corporation established under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 21, 2021, and received one opposition filed on July 21, 2021 by Starck, Philippe on Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 21, 2021
The application was filed in Portuguese, and Portuguese was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003151192 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on October 13, 2022 by the EUIPO.