The trademark SUMMACOM was filed by SUMMACOM GmbH & Co.KG, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 12, 2020, and received one opposition filed on June 14, 2020 by THE BRAND PARTNERS, S.L. on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GARRETA I ASSOCIATS AGÈNCIA DE LA PROPIETAT INDUSTRIAL, S.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 14, 2020
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on April 10, 2024.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Business management
Business administration
Cost price analysis
Business management and organization consultancy
Business management consulting
Personnel management consulting
Professional business consulting
Relocation services for businesses
Conducting of business feasibility studies
Writing of business project studies
Surveys for business purposes
Business efficiency expert services
Operation of businesses [for others]
Commercial or industrial management assistance
Business organisation consulting
Organisational project management in the field of electronic data processing
Outsourcing services [business assistance]
Employment agencies
Planning and monitoring of business developments with regard to organisational matters
Assistance in management of business activities
Arranging of contracts, for others, for the providing of services
Business appraisal
All the aforementioned services excluding branding and advertisement services.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunication and communication services, including telephone services by means of call centres
Data communication by electronic mail
Telecommunications by e-mail
Provision of on-line communications services
Electronic communication by means of chatrooms, chat lines and Internet forums
Provision of telecommunications access to databases and the internet
Telephone and mobile telephone services
Operation of telecommunications satellites.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Entertainment
Providing of training
Vocational training services
Continuous training
Tuition
Sports coaching
Sports training
Exercise classes
Publishing and reporting
Translation and interpretation
Academies [education]
Publication of documents in the field of training, science, public law and social affairs
Entertainment, education and instruction services
Exhibition services for educational purposes
Organisation of seminars relating to training
Conducting of instructional seminars
Arrangement of conferences for educational purposes
Arranging of competitions for education or entertainment
Arrangement of seminars for educational purposes
Planning of conferences for educational purposes
Planning of lectures for educational purposes
Arranging, conducting and organisation of workshops
Production of training films
Education information
Training
Advisory services relating to education
Provision of instruction relating to computer programming
Computer education training
Coaching [training]
Professional consultancy relating to education
Arranging of an annual conference relating to telecommunications
Provision of education courses relating to telecommunications
Multimedia entertainment software publishing services
Entertainment services
Interactive entertainment services
Provision of on-line entertainment
Provision of on-line entertainment
Entertainment by means of telephone
Writing of texts, other than publicity texts, for broadcast via teletext services
Telephone conversation services for entertainment purposes
Entertainment services provided by telephone
Organising of competitions [entertainment] by telephone
Programming [scheduling of programs] on a global computer network
Provision of training courses
Organisation of courses using distance learning methods
Conducting of educational courses
Organisation of courses using programmed learning methods
Conducting courses, seminars and workshops
Organisation of courses using self-tuition methods
Production of course material distributed at professional courses.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Technical consultancy relating to the use of computers and creation of programs for data processing
Consultancy, design, testing, research and advisory services, all related to computing and computer programming
Preparation of data processing programmes
Computer rental and updating of computer software
Technical information and consultancy services, all relating to the fields of telecommunications and customer contact management and corresponding solutions
Software development, programming and implementation
Design, development and implementation of software
Development and hosting website
Technical consultancy provided via call centres
Consultancy in the field of computer security
Advisory services relating to computer programming
Computer and information technology consultancy services
Technical consultancy in the field of computerised management information systems
All the aforementioned services excluding branding services.