The trademark Europronet was filed by EPN Europronet Telekom AG, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 24, 2001, and received one opposition filed on September 23, 2001 by COMUNICUS-COMUNICAÇÃO EMPRESARIAL LDA on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 23, 2001
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 000438368 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on March 25, 2004 by the EUIPO.