The trademark WNIVERSE was filed by Nuno Ribeiro & Rui Arnaldo, a corporation established under the laws of the Portuguese Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 18, 2021, and received one opposition filed on July 18, 2021 by UNIVERSO, IME, S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by J. PEREIRA DA CRUZ, S.A. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 18, 2021
The application was filed in Portuguese, and Portuguese was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Appeal with reference B R1856/2022-2 was Opposition rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 24, 2023 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003151058 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on July 27, 2022 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Business assistance, management and administrative services
Administrative support and data processing services
Business process management and consulting
Operational business assistance to enterprises
Management assistance
Business management
Business project management
Business process management
Preparation of economic reports
Preparation of project studies relating to business matters
Strategic business planning
Business management planning
Business management services relating to the development of businesses
Office functions services.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
IT services
Software development, programming and implementation
IT consultancy, advisory and information services
Design, creation and programming of web pages
Development and testing of computing methods, algorithms and software
Research in the field of telecommunications technology