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EUTM file information

018383807

BTC DIRECT

January 26, 2021

Trademark Summary

The trademark BTC DIRECT was filed by BTC Direct Holding B.V., a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 22, 2021, and received one opposition filed on May 24, 2021 by BTC Business Technology Consulting AG on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater PartG mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 24, 2021

The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).

Goods And Services

  • The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
    1. Scientific instruments
    2. Data processing equipment and computers
    3. Software
    4. Software relating to financial services
    5. Interactive software that enables the exchange of data, including data relating to bitcoins and cryptocurrency
    6. Application software for mobile phones
    7. Downloadable computer software applications
    8. Mobile applications
    9. Mobile applications relating to financial services
    10. Downloadable mobile applications for the transfer and management of data, including data related to bitcoins and cryptocurrency
    11. All the aforementioned goods excluding software products in the fields of energy, telecommunications, industry, service provider and public sectors
    12. All the aforementioned goods not excluding software products related to virtual currency, digital assets and digital components that represent economic values.
  • The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
    1. Administrative services
    2. Information collection [for others]
    3. Management of financial data, bitcoins and cryptocurrency
    4. Advertising in the field of financial services
    5. Compiling of information into computer databases
    6. Updating and maintaining information in computer databases
    7. Providing commercial information by means of a computer database
    8. All the aforementioned services excluding the business-to-business services consulting, system integration, application and system management and services relating to software products in the fields of energy, telecommunications, industry, service provider and public sectors
    9. All the aforementioned services not excluding the business-to-business services consulting, system integration, application and system management and services relating to software products related to virtual currency, digital assets and digital components that represent economic values.
  • The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
    1. Financial services
    2. Purchase and sale of digital currency
    3. Currency trading and exchange services
    4. Computer information services relating to financial management
    5. Asset management by financial proxies for third parties
    6. Financial brokerage
    7. Banking services concerning the management of bitcoins and cryptocurrencies
    8. Banking services concerning yield on cryptocurrencies and flat money
    9. Investment trusteeship
    10. Trusteeship of money
    11. Banking services concerning yield on trusteeships
    12. Banking services concerning the management of bitcoins and cryptocurrencies including services concerning staking and inflation
    13. All the aforementioned services excluding the business-to-business services consulting, system integration, application and system management and services relating to software products in the fields of energy, telecommunications, industry, service provider and public sectors
    14. All the aforementioned services not excluding the business-to-business services consulting, system integration, application and system management and services relating to software products related to virtual currency, digital assets and digital components that represent economic values.
  • The mark was filed in class 39 with Physical storage of electronically-stored digital data.
  • The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
    1. Electronic data storage, including bitcoins and cryptocurrencies data
    2. All the aforementioned services excluding the business-to-business services consulting, system integration, application and system management and services relating to software products in the fields of energy, telecommunications, industry, service provider and public sectors
    3. All the aforementioned services not excluding the business-to-business services consulting, system integration, application and system management and services relating to software products related to virtual currency, digital assets and digital components that represent economic values.