The trademark EGO was filed by CREDITO EMILIANO S.p.A., a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 1, 2008, and received one opposition filed on August 6, 2008 by HDI Lebensversicherung AG on Identity of marks and G&S. the opponent was represented by Brambach, Marko and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 6, 2008
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).