The trademark EMERGE was filed by Merck KGaA, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 14, 2020, and received one opposition filed on August 11, 2020 by Emergent BioSolutions Inc. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GRÜNECKER and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 11, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on October 12, 2020. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on May 2, 2021. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on May 19, 2021.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Business information services provided in digital format, stored an delivered via cloud-based system for the exchange of raw materials and consumables data for biopharmaceutical supply chain and manufacturing industry
Computerized business information consisting of raw materials and consumables data used to provide analytical and logistical servies for biopharmaceutical supply chain and manufacturing industry
Electronic data processing services for businesses for raw materials and consumables data in the biopharmaceutical supply chain and manufacturing industry, namely, conversion of certificates of analysis (CoA) and certificates of quality (CoQ) into an XML machine readable format, based on an existing ASTM industry standard (ASTM E3007-17).
The mark was filed in class 38 with Business electronic data transmission services and electronic data exchange for raw materials and consumables data in the biopharmaceutical supply chain and manufacturing industry, namely, conversion of certificates of analysis (CoA) and certificates of quality (CoQ) into an XML machine readable format, based on an existing ASTM industry standard (ASTM E3077-17) and Electronic data exchange services for businesses for raw materials and consumables data in the biopharmaceutical supply chain and manufacturing industry, namely, conversion of certificates of analysis (CoA) and certificates of quality (CoQ) into an XML machine readable format, based on an existing ASTM industry standard (ASTM E3007-17)..
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Platform as a service (PaaS) for digital data exchange of raw materials and consumables data for use in the biopharmaceutical supply chain and manufacturing industry, namely, conversion of certificates of analysis (CoA) and certificates of quality (CoQ) into and XML machine readable format, based on an existing ASTM industry standard (ASTM E3077-17)
Platform as a Service (PaaS) for raw materials and consumables information and electronic data exchange interfaces for real-time access and data sharing for biopharmaceutical supply chain and manufacturing industry
Creating software and platforms for trending, and visualization tools for data analytics providing business information of raw materials and consumables data for biopharmaceutical supply chain and manufacturing industry based on the conversion of certificates of analysis (CoA) and certificates of quality (CoQ) into an XML machine readable format, based on an existing ASTM industry standard (ASTM E3077-17).