The trademark SmartProcess was filed by CWA GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 11, 2020, and received one opposition filed on May 17, 2020 by EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT POWER & WATER SOLUTIONS, INC. on Art. 8(4). the opponent was represented by MITSCHERLICH, PATENT- UND RECHTSANWÄLTE, PARTMBB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 17, 2020
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Groupware
Content management software
Document automation software
Operational risk management software
CMS software [Content management system]
Business process management (BPM) software
Enterprise resource planning [ERP] software
Computer software for document management
Workflow applications
Workflow management system software
Workflow software
Management information system [MIS] software
Application software for cloud computing services
Aforesaid goods not for managing, operating, monitoring, optimizing, or documenting the operation of industrial plants, energy facilities, or research facilities.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Computer software consultancy
Quality assurance consultancy
Aforesaid services not for managing, operating, monitoring, optimizing, or documenting the operation of industrial plants, energy facilities, or research facilities.