The trademark EGEN was filed by PNO Group Holding B.V., a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 26, 2020, and received one opposition filed on May 25, 2020 by Eigen Technologies Ltd. on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by WIGGIN LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 25, 2020
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch 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:
Office functions for the establishment and maintenance of business networks and online platforms
Business mediation in bringing organisations and subsidy providers into contact
Management and compilation of automated databases containing business data, in the field of organisations, research and development projects and subsidies
Databases management services
Commercial lobbying services
Market analysis
Commercial business project management
Business management and business economics consultancy, in particular consultancy in the field of management, including setting up subsidy management, business analysis and plans and business consultancy in the field of setting up strategic or policy frameworks
Writing commercial business plans to be considered for subsidies
All of the aforesaid in connection with the sustainable energy sector
None of the aforesaid relating to the provision of Al data extraction technology.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Financial project management
Financial planning, consultancy and management, in particular project management, in the field of subsidy regulations, credit and fiscal facilities
Arranging subsidy flows
All of the aforesaid in connection with the sustainable energy sector
None of the aforesaid relating to the provision of Al data extraction technology.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Platform as a Service [PaaS]
Hosting online platforms
Software as a service [SaaS]
Computer programming services for commercial analysis and reporting
All of the aforesaid in connection with the sustainable energy sector
None of the aforesaid relating to the provision of Al data extraction technology.
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Legal services, in particular advice in the field of legislation in the context of subsidy arrangements
Legal support in opposition and appeal cases
All of the aforesaid in connection with the sustainable energy sector
None of the aforesaid relating to the provision of Al data extraction technology.