The trademark OGC was filed by Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc., a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 20, 2005, and received one opposition filed on May 18, 2005 by The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury as represented by the Office of Government Commerce being an office of Her Majesty's Treasury without separate legal personality on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute, (d) Earlier sign & right to prohibit use of later TM under national law. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 18, 2005
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
The renewal of the trademark was recorded by the office on November 12, 2013.
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on July 22, 2007. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on September 2, 2007. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on July 5, 2009. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on September 25, 2016. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on November 14, 2019.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Pre-recorded CD-ROMs featuring books, pamphlets, research papers, discussion papers, manuals, newsletters, specifications, and guides in the field of geoprocessing interoperability computing standards for use in the development of interoperable, extensible software application programming interfaces for geographic information systems
Electronic and downloadable publications in the nature of books, pamphlets, research papers, discussion papers, manuals, newsletters, specifications, and guides pertaining in the field of geoprocessing interoperability computing standards for use in the development of interoperable, extensible software application programming interfaces for geographic information systems
Computer software development programs for software application development and for use in creating customized application in the field of geoprocessing interoperability computing standards for use in the development of interoperable, extensible software application programming interfaces for geographic information systems
Computer software, namely, testing suites for establishing conformance by others to industry-wide technical specifications and standards for platform-independent real-time and embedded applications in the field of geoprocessing interoperability computing standards for use in the development of interoperable, extensible software application programming interfaces for geographic information systems
Computer software, namely, interoperable, extensible software application programming interfaces for geographic information systems
All in international class 9.
The mark was filed in class 16 with Printed matter, namely, books, pamphlets, newsletters, research papers, discussion papers, manuals, and instruction guides pertaining to the development of geoprocessing interoperability computing standards for use in the development of interoperable, extensible software application programming interfaces for geographic information systems and all in international class 16..
The mark was filed in class 35 with Association services, namely, promoting global cooperation and coordination of internetworking technologies in the field of geoprocessing interoperability computing standards for use in the development of interoperable, extensible software application programming interfaces for geographic information systems and other mainstream technologies.