The trademark König was filed by Thomas Christopher Prinz, a national of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant") and ?? (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on May 23, 2018, and received one opposition filed on August 22, 2018 by Bitburger Braugruppe GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by CMS HASCHE SIGLE PARTNERSCHAFT VON RECHTSANWÄLTEN UND STEUERBERATERN MBB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 22, 2018
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 003062668 was refused according to Article 8(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on June 19, 2019 by the EUIPO.