The trademark WALTER was filed by MARTIN GARCIA BUITRAGO, a national of the Republic of Colombia (the "Applicant") and ORLANDO MISERANDINO ORTIZ, a national of the Republic of Colombia (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on January 18, 2022, and received one opposition filed on March 28, 2022 by Carl Walther GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 28, 2022
The application was filed in Spanish, and Spanish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003166898 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on March 27, 2023 by the EUIPO.