The trademark GSpartners was filed by Josip Heit, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 15, 2021, and received one opposition filed on October 13, 2021 by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by CLIFFORD CHANCE Partnerschaft mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 13, 2021
The application was filed in German, and German 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:
Recorded content
Software
Mobile apps
Application software
Downloadable software
Downloadable computer software for blockchain technology
Cloud server software
None of the aforesaid goods relating to business, addresses and telephone directories.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Financial, monetary and banking services
Valuation services
Financial transactions via blockchain
Finance services
Computerised financial services.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunication services
Computer communication and Internet access
Providing access to telecommunication networks
Providing user access to platforms on the Internet
Providing access to platforms on the Internet
None of the aforesaid services relating to business, addresses and telephone directories.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Training
Teaching
Educational instruction
Teaching
Academies [education]
Computer education training
Provision of training courses
Providing computer assisted courses of instruction
Instructional and training services
None of the aforesaid services relating to business, addresses and telephone directories.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Software creation
Computer software consultancy
Software development
Software engineering
Certification of data via blockchain
Data storage via blockchain
Blockchain as a Service [BaaS]
Cloud computing
Cloud hosting provider services
Cloud-based data protection services
IT services
Science and technology services
Software development, programming and implementation
Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software
IT consultancy, advisory and information services
IT security, protection and restoration
Data security consultancy
Internet security consultancy
Design and development of electronic database software
IT project management
Troubleshooting of computer hardware and software problems
Technical research
Hosting platforms on the Internet
None of the aforesaid services relating to business, addresses and telephone directories.