The trademark SPRONG was filed by Sandra Darnhofer, a national of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant") and Lukas Briendl, a national of the Republic of Austria (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on January 20, 2022, and received one opposition filed on April 12, 2022 by GLORIA S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Javier Sanchez, Elena and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 12, 2022
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003167835 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on June 13, 2023 by the EUIPO.