The trademark DECO was filed by Map, a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on November 29, 2015, and received one opposition filed on February 23, 2016 by Aldi GmbH & Co. KG on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by SCHMIDT, VON DER OSTEN & HUBER RECHTSANWÄLTE STEUERBERATER PARTNERSCHAFT MBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued February 23, 2016
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on September 13, 2016. A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on March 9, 2020.
The Opposition with reference B 002661794 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on April 11, 2017 by the EUIPO.