The trademark The Oxford Institute was filed by LANGUAGE STUDIES SRL, a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 10, 2022, and received one opposition filed on May 10, 2022 by The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford, trading as Oxford University Press on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by WIGGIN LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 10, 2022
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).