018264156

RIPPLENET

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June 29, 2020

Trademark Summary

The trademark RIPPLENET was filed by Fajr Sadni, a national of the Republic of Finland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 5, 2020, and received one opposition filed on October 5, 2020 by Ripple Labs Inc. on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ECWH IP Limited and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 5, 2020

The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).

Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on September 22, 2020.

The Opposition with reference B 003132174 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on February 10, 2022 by the EUIPO.

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Goods And Services

• The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Financial services
  2. Computerised financial information services
  3. Financial services provided by electronic means
  4. Virtual currency services
  5. Virtual currency transfer services
  6. Financial transactions via blockchain
  7. Online financial transactions
  8. Financial transactions.
• The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Electronic communication services
  2. Communication services (Electronic -)
  3. Peer to peer communication.
• The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Blockchain as a Service [BaaS]
  2. Computer network services
  3. Computer services.