The trademark SLIDE OR DIE was filed by Domenico Lomuto, a national of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 7, 2021, and received one opposition filed on May 9, 2021 by Bryan Holland, Gregory Kriesel, Kevin Wasserman trading as The Offspring (a Californian Partnership) on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by KILBURN & STRODE LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 9, 2021
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).