The trademark EXPENSE REDUCTION ANALYSTS® was filed by ALLIANCE 5 - SARL, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 19, 2004, and received one opposition filed on March 6, 2005 by Dorgan Investments Limited 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 March 6, 2005
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Business and management consultancy
Management and organisation consultancy
Analysis and reduction of costs and expenses
Auditing of costs, cost prices, organisations
Business management and business and individual property consultancy
Accounting, management
Document reproduction
Management of computer files
Organisation of exhibitions for commercial and advertising purposes
On-line advertising on a computer network
Development of commercial networks
Public relations.
The mark was filed in class 36 with Financial, real estate, welfare and insurance affairs.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Business and management training
Publication of books, publication of documentation
Training courses
Arranging of seminars, colloquiums, conferences and congresses.