The trademark MacEdge was filed by Gigazone International Co., Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of Taiwan, Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 3, 2016, and received one opposition filed on July 3, 2016 by Apple Inc. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute, (c) Earlier non registered TM & right to prohibit use of later TM under national law. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 3, 2016
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).