The trademark INJO was filed by City Personalmanagement GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 13, 2021, and received one opposition filed on January 13, 2022 by IN JOB S.p.A. AGENZIA PER IL LAVORO on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by CON LOR S.P.A. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 13, 2022
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on July 30, 2024.
The Opposition with reference B 003162196 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on December 18, 2023 by the EUIPO. The Appeal with reference B R0367/2024-2 was Trade mark application allowed according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on November 11, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Personnel services
Human resources management and recruitment services
Personnel recruitment and placement
Personnel selection [for others]
Temporary personnel services
Temporary personnel services
Personnel management consultancy
Business organisation and management consultancy in the field of personnel management
Career advisory services (other than education and training advice)
Personnel recruitment
Business planning services
Business assistance, management and administrative services
Administrative support and data processing services
Business consultancy and advisory services
Business analysis and information services, and market research
Advertising, marketing and promotional services
Public relations services
Advertising, marketing and promotional consultancy, advisory and assistance services
Providing recruitment information via a global computer network
Presentation of job matching services on the internet
Providing job advertising services via the Internet
Dissemination of recruitment advertising for others via the internet
Online recruitment advertising services.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
IT services
Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software
Operating search engines
Electronic data storage and electronic data security, including in computer databases
Software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for providing access to job listings, job vacancies, job applications, resume postings, career information and human resources and payroll services and for enabling users to apply for job vacancies and advertise job vacancies
Software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for storing, transmitting and distributing information and data in the fields of personnel placement and recruitment services, advertising services, marketing services, payroll services and business services
Providing customized database software for others in the fields of staff management, management administration, tracking, monitoring, automations and assessment of staffing, pre-hiring, hiring, post-hire, recruiting and employee retention processes, workforce logistics management and planning and decision support
Software as a service and providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for job matching purposes.