The trademark FURNING was filed by ARNO GmbH Unternehmen zur Entwicklung und Herstellung von Präsentationssystemen, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 1, 2021, and received one opposition filed on October 3, 2021 by Furninova AB on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ADVOKATFIRMAN LINDAHL KB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 3, 2021
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on October 30, 2023.
The Appeal with reference B R0517/2023-1 was Application partially rejected according to Article 18(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on November 16, 2023 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003155902 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 18, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Marketing services for users of online search portals, in relation the following goods, Furniture, fixtures, Furnishing accessories, Furnishings
Arranging of contracts for the sale, in relation the following goods, Furniture, fixtures, Furnishing accessories, Furnishings
Arranging service contracts, in relation the following goods, Furniture, fixtures, Furnishing accessories, Furnishings
Online search services [information retrieval] of business information, in relation the following goods, Furniture, fixtures, Furnishing accessories, Furnishings
Providing of an online marketplace, in relation the following goods, Furniture, fixtures, Furnishing accessories, Furnishings.
The mark was filed in class 38 with Providing of user access to an online search portal, in relation to the following goods, Furniture, fixtures, Furnishing accessories, Furnishing accessories.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Providing of search machines for image comparison-based and text comparison-based online search for online offers, in relation to the following goods, Furniture, Furnishing articles, Furnishing accessories, Furnishing accessories
Electronic image processing (electronic storage and electronic comparison of images) for online search services, in relation to the following goods, Furniture, Furnishing articles, Furnishing accessories, Furnishing accessories
Design, providing and updating of an online search portal, in relation to the following goods, Furniture, Furnishing articles, Furnishing accessories, Furnishing accessories
Design and updating of homepages and webpages for users of an online search portal, in relation to the following goods, Furniture, Furnishing articles, Furnishing accessories, Furnishing accessories
Design and updating of an online marketplace, in relation to the following goods, Furniture, Furnishing articles, Furnishing accessories, Furnishing accessories.