The trademark NEXTPERIENCE was filed by Guillaume Grison, a national of the French Republic (the "Applicant") and Cesare Guarnieri, a national of the Italian Republic (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on August 8, 2022, and received one opposition filed on November 7, 2022 by Next Retail Limited on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Marks & Clerk LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 7, 2022
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).