The trademark ISCC was filed by Craft AG, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 27, 2020, and received one opposition filed on October 27, 2020 by iSC GmbH on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by AMPERSAND PARTNERSCHAFT VON RECHTSANWÄLTEN MBB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 27, 2020
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Refusal with reference B 018274473 was Rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on April 11, 2022 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Software
Data processing programs recorded on machine-readable data carriers
Software for processing images, graphics, audio, video and text.
The mark was filed in class 42 with Research, development, design and upgrading of computer software and Design and development of systems for data input, output, processing, display and storage..
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Investigations in relation to intellectual property
Licensing authority services
Legal administration of licences
Licensing industrial property rights
Licensing of computer software [legal services]
Licensing services relating to music publishing
Licensing of intellectual property and copyright
Consultancy relating to the licensing of intellectual property.