This is a design patent, not an utility one. It's normal for software companies to patent the design of user interfaces. Example: Yahoo, Apple, Microsoft.
But still, according to the report, the majority of FLOSS developers live in Europe :
The combined FLOSS (MERIT/FP5) and FLOSS-US (Stanford) developer surveys
form the largest survey-based dataset (4282 cases) providing the geographical distribution of
developers (see Figure 17). According to these surveys, more than three fifths of the
worldwide FLOSS developer community live in the EU, one fifth in North America, and
another one fifth or so live in other countries.
The application was published on 14/03/2005.
According to the regulation, there is a period of 3 months during which anyone can file an opposition before the registration.
The delay expired 3 days ago.
The mark can be considered as "Registered" (provided the registration fee is paid).
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This is a design patent, not an utility one.
It's normal for software companies to patent the design of user interfaces.
Example: Yahoo, Apple, Microsoft.
The "Firefox" trademark has been filed at OHIM.
The application was published on 14/03/2005. According to the regulation, there is a period of 3 months during which anyone can file an opposition before the registration.
The delay expired 3 days ago.
The mark can be considered as "Registered" (provided the registration fee is paid).
You can find here the list of european trademarks. Put "Trademark type" to "Olfactory".