The trademark MARCALABEL was filed by MARCAEMBAL – COMÉRCIO E INDÚSTRIA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA., a corporation established under the laws of the Portuguese Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 14, 2023, and received one opposition filed on May 11, 2023 by UNIDAD EDITORIAL INFORMACION DEPORTIVA, S.L.U. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by BALDER IP LAW, S.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 11, 2023
The application was filed in Portuguese, and Portuguese was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).