The trademark B+ ВЕPLUS was filed by NAKAMOTO FRIENDS S.L., a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of Spain (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on November 15, 2020, and received one opposition filed on February 15, 2021 by GROUPE CANAL+ on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by SANTARELLI (Société IPSIDE) and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued February 15, 2021
The application was filed in Spanish, and Spanish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003140945 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on October 12, 2022 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Scientific, research, navigation, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, audiovisual, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, detecting, testing, inspecting, life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments
Mechanisms for coin freed apparatus
Computers and computer peripherals
Diving suits, Divers' masks, Ear plugs for divers, Nose clips for divers and swimmers, Gloves for divers, Breathing apparatus for underwater swimming
Fire extinguishers
Apparatus and instruments for controlling electricity
Apparatus and instruments for accumulating electricity
Apparatus and instruments for switching electricity
Apparatus and instruments for transforming electricity
Apparatus and instruments for regulating electricity
Apparatus and instruments for conducting electricity
Sound transmitting apparatus
Apparatus for the transmission of images
Apparatus for the reproduction of images
Sound reproduction apparatus
Apparatus for recording images
Sound recording apparatus
Magnetic data carriers, recording discs
Cash registers
Calculators
Computers
Data processing equipment.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
News agency services
Voice mail services
Providing telecommunication channels for teleshopping services
Mobile telephone communication services
Communications by fibre optic networks
Communications by computer terminals/ Communications by computer terminals
Communications by telephone
Communications by telegrams
Providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network
Wireless broadcasting
Telecommunications routing and junction services
Rental of message sending apparatus
Message sending
Rental of facsimile apparatus
Rental of modems
Radio communications/ Radio communications
Radio broadcasting
Paging services (radio, telephone or other means of electronic communication)
Providing access to databases
Providing user access to a global computer network