The trademark SWINGLINE was filed by N.V. HDM, a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 2, 2020, and received one opposition filed on September 30, 2020 by Mountfield a.s. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Vandelikova, Jana and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 30, 2020
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on August 10, 2022.
The Opposition with reference B 003131894 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on June 4, 2023 by the EUIPO.