Comment by smcin

> - Is it even worth getting a second opinion and appealing in the EU? I mean the project is very small.

If you can handle the costs or find pro-bono (EU) lawyers, then potentially yes.

Also take up a European petition to generate publicity for your case, maybe on the legal abuse of IP rights of open-source software companies.

Compare to e.g. 'Petition at the European Parliament "on the implementation of an EU-Linux operating system in public administrations across all EU countries"' (Petition No 0729/2024): https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/1glo8tv/petitio...

(Sounds like the EU equivalent of cases that Larry Lessig and the EFF would take in the US; have you contacted them?)

Try to find open-source/startup-friendly MEPs, and for Bulgaria. And start blogging on LinkedIn. And mention your domain (deepkit.io) early and often. All publicity is good publicity. And present at the European open-source confs. Start making noise. Maybe you can't reverse your individual ruling (or maybe you can), but you can alert others.

> - They basically kept repeating that they couldn't clearly link any of the usage to the specific goods/services my trademark was registered for.

I don't get what they're claiming hits on your domain (deepkit.io) don't already show. Sounds bogus. They didn't cite any specific examples of what would have proven it?