The trademark SURGISORB was filed by Sutures Limited, a corporation established under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 30, 2007, and received one opposition filed on December 27, 2007 by Samyang Corp. on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GILL JENNINGS & EVERY LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 27, 2007
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Requests for conversion of an EUTM application into a national trade mark application of the trademark registration was recorded on October 3, 2012.