The trademark application TRADING HUB EUROPE was filed by Trading Hub Europe GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 29, 2020, and it was registered by office on August 6, 2020 without any oppositions.
The application was filed in German (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on July 14, 2021. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on October 1, 2023.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 4 with following description of goods:
Fuel
Natural gas
Gaseous fuel mixtures, in particular natural gas and biogas.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising
Business management
Business administration
Procurement services, for others (acquisition of goods and services for other companies) in the energy sector
Marketing analysis
Systemization of information into computer databases
Billing, invoicing and auditing of balancing group contracts, in particular of balancing energy and balancing levies
Coordination of cooperation with adjacent network operators within the market area and adjacent gas market areas for the purpose of accounting (included in class 35) by organisational project management
Acquisition of absent and sale of surplus gas volumes on demand by the German long distance pipeline network operator to guarantee the physical pressure stability of the long distance pipeline network using the energy stock exchange and own gas procurement platform for tendering and contracts in the form of trading gas (included in class 35)
Balance group management for balance group managers, namely the collection of fed-in or withdrawn gas amounts in the balance group accounts of balance group managers in the gas market area and the determining and billing of all differences between fed-in or withdrawn gas amounts in balance group accounts of balance managers in the gas market area (included in class 35)
Contract management, Namely office functions for balancing group managers and for network operators being cooperation partners in the gas market area.
The mark was filed in class 36 with Procurement of external backup energy (predominantly on the stock exchange) relating to the regulatory framework conditions (included in class 36).
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunication servies
Operating data networks, namely establishing communication paths for receiving and processing of information relating to nominations/renominations issued by the balancing group manager for the virtual trading point (included in class 38) [telecommunications]
Providing of access to information on the internet relating to backup energy and billing-related price data
Electronic communication of information, Namely nomination and allocation data to balance group managers relating to fed-in and withdrawn amounts of gas in their balance groups
Providing of access to an online portal (personal log in) for network operators and balancing group managers with the essential information on their status relating to network account data and balancing group management.
The mark was filed in class 39 with following description of goods:
Consultancy for operators of downstream or adjacent networks relating to the transport of natural gas by pipeline, for the individual balancing group manager and for transport customers (in particular relating to external backup energy), on behalf of the cooperation partner of the gas market area
Services relating to the transport of natural gas via pipelines
Drawing up binding timetables for the gas market area for the coordination of gas volumes at physical infeed and withdrawal points (included in class 39)
Services relating to the transport of natural gas by pipeline, namely the procurement of backup energy [transport]
Transport for the balancing group manager in the form of processing and allocation of the transported gas quantities to the balancing group manager, who has registered and input and/or withdrawn the aforesaid from the long distance pipeline network operator for processing physical gas transport.
The mark was filed in class 41 with Publication of printed matter, other than for advertising purposes, also in electronic form, for transport customers (in particular relating to external backup energy) on behalf of the cooperation partners in the gas market area.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Services relating to the transport of natural gas by pipeline, namely the development of (marketable) software solutions relating to the procurement of backup energy
Creation of an online portal (personal log in) for network operators and balancing group managers with essential information on their status relating to network account data and balancing group management
IT services relating to the establishment of a virtual trading point for the gas market area (included in class 42), including the establishment and operation of a virtual trading point for the gas market area.