The trademark Diakonia was filed by Diakonia, a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of Sweden (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 5, 2020, and received one opposition filed on July 5, 2020 by Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung e.V. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by BRP RENAUD UND PARTNER MBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 5, 2020
The application was filed in Swedish, and Swedish 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 July 14, 2022.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Electronic publications (downloadable)
Downloadable educational material
Downloadable instruction manuals
Downloadable educational media
Educational software.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Educational services and providing of training
Arranging and conducting workshops for educational purposes
Arranging and conducting demonstrations for training purposes
Organization of seminars and conferences
Educational consultancy services
Educational information services
Arrangement of presentations for educational purposes
Production and publication of educational material, instruction material, educational texts, newsletters, information and presentations