The trademark was filed by Honourable Robert William Hanson, a national of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 30, 2016, and received one opposition filed on June 29, 2016 by Hanson Asset Management Limited on Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 29, 2016
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
A total of undefined cancellation proceedings were initiated against the trademark registration in 2017.The first Cancellation was filed by Hanson Asset Management Limited (represented by ???) on September 7, 2018 and Final decision – EUTM partially cancelled.
Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on November 24, 2016. Application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on October 19, 2017. Decisions on applications for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on September 13, 2018.
The Opposition with reference B 002725920 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on May 15, 2017 by the EUIPO. The Cancellation with reference B 000016663 was Cancellation totally upheld and EUTM/IR declared partially invalid according to Article 8(1)(a) CTMR with decision issued on May 28, 2018 by the EUIPO.