The trademark SWZA was filed by Zhengdong Ji, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 28, 2020, and received one opposition filed on August 27, 2020 by SWIZA S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by IPSILON and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 27, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on January 6, 2021. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on February 9, 2021.
The Opposition with reference B 003129729 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on August 4, 2021 by the EUIPO.