The trademark GEA LED was filed by GEA LUCE S.R.L., a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 2, 2022, and received one opposition filed on August 1, 2022 by GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by SCHNEIDERS & BEHRENDT PARTMBB, RECHTS- UND PATENTANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 1, 2022
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).