The trademark RAIBOND was filed by Ciba Specialty Chemicals Oy, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Finland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 26, 1998, and received one opposition filed on January 25, 1999 by Bayer Aktiengesellschaft 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 January 25, 1999
The application was filed in Finnish, and Finnish 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 20, 2007.