The trademark LAROS was filed by Mehdi Abdolreza Khodadadi, a national of the United Arab Emirates (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 23, 2014, and received one opposition filed on June 23, 2014 by SEIKO GROUP KABUSHIKI KAISHA t/a SEIKO GROUP CORPORATION on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 23, 2014
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 002373630 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on April 29, 2015 by the EUIPO.