The trademark SquareFactory was filed by Arnaud Maestripieri, a national of the French Republic (the "Applicant") and SquareFactory SA, a corporation established under the laws of the Swiss Confederation (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on June 5, 2022, and received one opposition filed on September 4, 2022 by Block, Inc. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by KILBURN & STRODE LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 4, 2022
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).