The trademark Biozell was filed by OY NORLAS, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Finland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 10, 2002, and received one opposition filed on June 9, 2002 by null 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 9, 2002
The application was filed in Finnish, and Finnish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The application claimed as seniority of the Republic of Finland trademark null registered on February 19, 1989 which was accepted by the office.