The trademark PELICAN P. fluorescens expression technology was filed by Pfenex Inc.,, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 14, 2021, and received one opposition filed on July 25, 2021 by Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG on Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 25, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).