The trademark Firefly was filed by V.I.A. d.o.o. Murska Sobota, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Slovenia (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 26, 2021, and received one opposition filed on August 25, 2021 by SPT Labtech Limited on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by WITHERS & ROGERS LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 25, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003153457 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 23, 2022 by the EUIPO.