The trademark ARKO was filed by Francisco Hurtado Peris, a national of the Kingdom of Spain (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 16, 2006, and received one opposition filed on June 19, 2006 by WK WOHNEN GmbH on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) 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 19, 2006
The application was filed in Spanish, and Spanish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 001023342 was refused according to Article 8(1)(a) CTMR with decision issued on March 17, 2009 by the EUIPO.