The trademark WAYMO VIA was filed by Waymo LLC, a Limited Liability Company (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 27, 2020, and received one opposition filed on January 24, 2021 by TERRANOVA DIRECTORSHIP, S.L. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by HERRERO & ASOCIADOS and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 24, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Requests for conversion of an EUTM application into a national trade mark application of the trademark registration was recorded on May 7, 2023.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computer hardware
Downloadable computer software for operating an autonomous vehicle
Downloadable computer software for vehicle navigation
Downloadable computer software for vehicle fleet management
Downloadable computer software for coordinating, scheduling, booking, and dispatching vehicles for passenger and freight transport
Downloadable computer software for managing freight transportation by truck and autonomous vehicles
Downloadable computer software for coordinating the transport and delivery of goods
Navigation apparatus for vehicles
Navigational instruments for vehicles
Steering apparatus, automatic, for vehicles, namely, computer hardware and downloadable operational software for steering vehicles
Radar apparatus
Lasers, not for medical purpose
Laser device for sensing distance to objects
Laser equipment for non-medical purposes
Laser measuring systems
Laser object detectors for use on vehicles
Lasers for measuring purposes
Lidar apparatus
Temperature and environmental sensors for measuring the presence of objects in the environment and the speed, trajectory, and heading of objects
Vehicle sensors, namely, temperature and environmental sensors for measuring the presence of objects in the environment and the speed, trajectory, and heading of objects
Sensors for determining position, velocity, direction, and acceleration
Downloadable mobile applications for coordinating transportation services
Software for use as an application programming interface (API)
Downloadable computer software and hardware for vehicle fleet launching, coordination, calibrating, direction, and management
Cameras
Cameras for use with vehicles
Computer hardware and downloadable software for use with vehicle cameras
Downloadable computer programs and downloadable software for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and deep learning
Downloadable computer programs and downloadable software for intelligent data services using artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and deep learning
Downloadable computer programs and downloadable software for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and deep learning and for contextual prediction, personalization, and predictive analytics
Downloadable computer programs and downloadable software for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and deep learning for processing large volumes of data
Downloadable computer software for use as an application programming interface (API)
Downloadable software development kits (SDK)
Downloadable computer software and hardware for use in connection with autonomous systems, devices, and machinery
Vehicle safety and detection equipment, namely, cellular radio modules, sensor covers, indicators for detecting speed, objects, and the speed, trajectory, and heading of objects, transmitters and receivers of electronic signals, and brake controllers
Vehicle detection equipment in the nature of monitoring devices for vehicles, namely, global positioning system (GPS) receivers and devices for monitoring vehicle functions, the presence of objects in the environment, and the speed, trajectory, and heading of objects.
The mark was filed in class 12 with following description of goods:
Land vehicles
Automobiles
Trucks
Freight vehicles, namely, trucks and vans
Mass transit vehicles
Autonomous cars
Autonomous land vehicles
Vehicle parts and fittings, namely, structural parts for automobiles and steering units for land vehicles and parts thereof
Vehicle equipment and hardware, namely, roof boxes for vehicles
Vehicle anti-theft and security equipment, namely, anti-theft devices for vehicles.
The mark was filed in class 35 with Business management relating to vehicles and tracking, locating, and monitoring of vehicles for commercial purposes..
The mark was filed in class 39 with following description of goods:
Passenger transportation services
Transportation services, namely, making reservations and bookings for transportation
Transportation of passengers by vehicle
Transportation services, namely, providing temporary use of vehicles
Passenger transportation services, namely, travel by autonomous vehicles
Car rental services
Transport reservation services
Freighting services
Freight transportation by trucks and autonomous vehicles
Transportation of passengers and freight by trucks and autonomous vehicles
Passenger transport
Providing a website in relation to information regarding autonomous car transportation services and scheduling transportation services
Leasing of vehicles
Leasing of automobiles
Transport and delivery of goods
Supply chain logistics and reverse logistics services, namely, storage, transportation, and delivery of goods for others by land
Transportation services, namely, coordinating the pickup and dropoff of passengers at designated or directed locations
Transportation services, namely, fuel management services in the field of trucking and vehicle fleets
Freight logistics management.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Providing online software services, namely, providing non-downloadable software for transportation services, namely, coordinating, scheduling, booking, and dispatching autonomous vehicles
Providing online software services for coordinating freight transportation by truck and autonomous vehicles
Providing online software services for vehicle fleet management
Providing online software services for tracking, locating, and monitoring vehicles
Providing online software services for coordinating the transport and delivery of goods
Research and development into autonomous vehicles
Research, design, and development of computer hardware and software for use with vehicle on-board computers for monitoring and controlling motor vehicle operation
Research, design, and development of computer hardware and software for vehicle coordination, navigation, calibrating, direction, and management
Installation, updating, and maintenance of computer software for use with vehicle on-board computers for monitoring and controlling motor vehicle operation
Research, design, and development of sensors and for structural parts thereof
Software as a service (SaaS) services featuring computer software for use as an application programming interface (API)
Advanced product research, design, and development in the field of artificial intelligence.