The trademark Galen was filed by Ergobyte Informatics S.A., a corporation established under the laws of the Hellenic Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on January 8, 2020, and received one opposition filed on February 20, 2020 by GALENpharma GmbH on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by UEXKÜLL & STOLBERG PARTNERSCHAFT VON PATENT- UND RECHTSANWÄLTEN MBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued February 20, 2020
The application was filed in Greek, and Greek was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Appeal with reference B R0486/2021-2 was Opposition partially rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 10, 2022 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003112140 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 19, 2021 by the EUIPO.