The trademark élan was filed by Soner Kanal, a national of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant") and Nevid Ahmed, a national of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on January 20, 2008, and received one opposition filed on April 14, 2008 by CAFEA GmbH on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by HARMSEN UTESCHER and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 14, 2008
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on April 5, 2009.
The Opposition with reference B 001306432 was refused according to Article 8(1)(a) CTMR with decision issued on July 1, 2009 by the EUIPO.