The trademark SKILLCHIP was filed by Coulu Systems Oy, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Finland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 9, 2020, and received one opposition filed on May 10, 2020 by Conlance GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by RAU & RAU and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 10, 2020
The application was filed in Finnish, and Finnish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003118848 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on March 16, 2021 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with Teaching and instructional apparatus.
The mark was filed in class 28 with following description of goods:
Toys and games
Toys adapted for educational purposes
Sporting articles and equipment.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Education information services
Training information services
Educational instruction
Conducting of educational courses
Publication of educational teaching materials
Publication of instructional literature
Dissemination of educational material
Dissemination of training material
Publication of training literature
Educational services
Training services
Organizing of meetings in the field of education and training
Rental of educational materials and apparatus
Organisation and holding of fairs for cultural and educational purposes
Conducting of instructional, educational and training courses for young people and adults