The trademark SideTouch was filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on November 8, 2020, and received one opposition filed on February 8, 2021 by Spectronic AB on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by AWA SWEDEN AB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued February 8, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
The Refusal with reference B 018152759 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on March 25, 2020 by the EUIPO.