The trademark plantex was filed by Texton S.A., a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Poland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 24, 2006, and received one opposition filed on July 24, 2006 by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Dehns and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 24, 2006
The application was filed in Polish, and Polish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 001036732 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on May 22, 2008 by the EUIPO.
The application claimed as seniority of the Republic of Poland trademark 222023 registered on May 4, 2004 and filed on July 28, 2000 which was refused by the office.