The trademark Acus was filed by Acus Akademie GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 30, 2020, and received one opposition filed on January 3, 2021 by mesh INSTITUTE For Advanced Competence GmbH on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 3, 2021
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 October 29, 2020.
The Opposition with reference B 003138353 was refused according to Article 8(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on October 25, 2021 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Business consultancy and advisory services
Business consultancy relating to change management
Business consultancy services relating to project management
Business consultancy relating to dispute resolution
Business consultancy with respect to management
Business consultancy relating to sale and distribution
Business consultancy relating to digitisation in companies
Business consultancy relating to leadership of employees.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Training
Training services relating to business management
Training in the field of change management
Training in the field of leadership of employees
Providing of training in relation to business consultancy
Providing of training in the field of project management
Training in the field of dispute resolution
Training in the field of sale and distribution
Training in the field of digitisation in companies
Training of coaches
Coaching
Training in the field of data security
Training in the field of data protection
Training of trainers
Implementation of certification exams as part of personal certifications.
The mark was filed in class 42 with Technical consultancy in the field of digital communication and Quality control..