The trademark GREEN WEB was filed by GREENWEB, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 12, 2020, and received one opposition filed on June 14, 2020 by green.ch AG on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BIRD & BIRD LLP 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 English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003124077 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 4, 2021 by the EUIPO.
The application claimed as seniority of the French Republic trademark 4558641 registered on November 21, 2019 and filed on June 10, 2019 which was accepted by the office.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Software
Programming software
Computer software
Interface software
Application software
Communication software
Databases
Interactive databases
Community software
Search engine software
Communication, networking and social networking software
Computer software platforms for social networking
Application software for social networking services via internet
Mobile application software.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising
Advertising services
Online advertising
Newspaper advertising
Marketing
Marketing services
Internet marketing
Online marketing
Database marketing
Business auditing
Online community management services
Digital marketing.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunications services
Providing telecommunications connections to databases
Chat room services for social networking.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Software development
Hosting of databases
Quality audits
Hosting of mobile applications
Development and design of mobile applications
Web hosting
Hosting websites
Web hosting services
Hosting of servers
Scientific research relating to ecology
Research in the field of ecology.
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Online social networking services
Internet-based social networking services
On-line social networking services
Online social networking services accessible by means of downloadable mobile applications.