018466382

Forsa

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May 5, 2021

Trademark Summary

The trademark forsa was filed by Forsa Gesellschaft für Sozialforschung und statistische Analysen mbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 27, 2021, and received one opposition filed on October 5, 2021 by Confirmit AS on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by FRKelly and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 5, 2021

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

The Opposition with reference B 003156079 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 11, 2023 by the EUIPO.

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Goods And Services

• The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Software, application software
  2. Mobile apps
  3. Computer programs, downloadable
  4. Recorded content
  5. Databases
  6. Downloadable image, audio and video files.
• The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Opinion polling
  2. Market research
  3. Computerised market research
  4. Computerized market research services
  5. Commercial information research studies
  6. Market research services for publishers
  7. Provision of market research information
  8. Marketing research and analysis
  9. Business and market research
  10. Business and market research
  11. Market research and business analyses
  12. Market research for advertising
  13. Market research and analysis of market research
  14. Market research and Market research analysis services
  15. Market research data collection services
  16. Market surveys conducted by telephone
  17. Interpretation of market research data
  18. Analysis of market research data
  19. Analysis of market research statistics
  20. Collection of information relating to market research
  21. Market research by means of a computer data base
  22. Market research and marketing studies
  23. Market research services relating to broadcast media
  24. Market study and analysis of market studies
  25. Advisory services relating to market research
  26. Market research by means of a computer data base
  27. Analysis of market research data and statistics
  28. Market research data retrieval services
  29. Interviewing for market research purposes
  30. Interviewing for qualitative market research
  31. Market research consultancy
  32. Market research
  33. Market studies
  34. Conducting of marketing studies
  35. Conducting of marketing studies
  36. Market surveys conducted by telephone
  37. Collection of information relating to market research
  38. Business consultancy and advisory services
  39. Business consulting
  40. Market analysis
  41. Market analysis
  42. Business analysis of markets
  43. Market analysis and research
  44. Market analysis reports
  45. Market analysis
  46. Business analysis, research and information services.
• The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Science and technology services
  2. Scientific research
  3. Research services
  4. Software design and development
  5. Computer services concerning electronic data storage
  6. Database design and development
  7. IT services
  8. Design services
  9. Scientific services and design relating thereto
  10. Hosting of databases
  11. Application service provider [ASP], namely, hosting computer software applications of others
  12. Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software
  13. Platform as a service (PaaS) featuring software platforms for transmitting images, Platform as a service [PaaS] featuring software platforms for transmission of texts, sounds and audiovisual content.