The trademark CORE DNA was filed by Coredna Pty Ltd, a corporation established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 28, 2020, and received one opposition filed on December 29, 2020 by Cisco Technology, Inc. on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by TAYLOR WESSING LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 29, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on April 21, 2022.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Computer software development and maintenance
Development and maintenance of computer software
On-line provision of web based software
Maintenance and hosting of websites
Creating and designing web pages for others
Creating and designing web pages for others, including creating virtual communities for registered users to interact and participate in discussions
Creating and maintaining web sites for others
Hosting computer sites (web sites)
Online provision of web-based applications
Online provision of web-based software
Web portal services (designing and hosting)
Web site design
Web site design consultancy
Hosting of databases
Design of computer databases
Database design
Computer database consultancy services
Creating and maintaining weblogs (blogs) for others