The trademark Paddle was filed by Paddle.com Market Limited, a corporation established under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 10, 2020, and received one opposition filed on November 8, 2020 by Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ISERN PATENTES Y MARCAS, S.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 8, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
Creation of rights in rem of the trademark registration was recorded on October 13, 2021. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on August 9, 2023. Creation of rights in rem of the trademark registration was recorded on September 12, 2023.
The Appeal with reference B R0312/2022-2 was Application rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on May 21, 2023 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003134430 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on December 16, 2021 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computer software for processing electronic payments and transferring funds to and from others
Authentication software that may be downloaded from a global computer network and/or recorded on computer media
Mobile apps
Computer software
Authentication software
Computer software for use in developing other computer software and software applications.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Financial services, including, enabling transfer of funds and purchase of products and services offered by others, all via electronic communication networks
Providing banking and financial services via a global computer network
Clearing and reconciling financial transactions via electronic communication networks
Foreign exchange
Home banking
Electronic funds transfer
Online banking, telebanking
Insurance
Financial affairs
Monetary affairs.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for processing electronic payments
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable authentication software for controlling access to and communications with computers and computer networks
Design and development of computer software and application programming interfaces (API)
Providing information in the field of computer software and computer software design and development
Technical support services, namely, computer technical support services, namely, 24/7 service desk or help desk services for IT infrastructure, operating systems, database systems, and web applications
Technical support services, namely, troubleshooting in the nature of diagnosing computer hardware and software problems
Technical support services, namely, troubleshooting of computer software problems
Technical support services, namely, remote and on-site infrastructure management services for monitoring, administration and management of public and private cloud computing IT and application systems
Technical support services, namely, remote administration and management of in-house and hosted datacenter devices, databases and software applications
Technical support services, namely, installation, administration, and troubleshooting of web and database applications
Technical support services, namely, migration of datacenter, server and database applications
Technical support services, namely, 24/7 monitoring of network systems, servers and web and database applications and notification of related events and alerts
Technical support services, namely, technical administration of servers for others and troubleshooting in the nature of diagnosing server problems.