The trademark SYNAPTECH was filed by SYNAPCION, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 8, 2021, and received one opposition filed on November 7, 2021 by SINAPTEC on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by HIRSCH & ASSOCIÉS and proceedings were handled in French, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 7, 2021
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on May 2, 2024.
The Opposition with reference B 003157904 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on March 3, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising
Business management
Business administration
Direct mail advertising
Business management and organization consultancy
Organization of exhibitions for commercial or advertising purposes
Online advertising on a computer network
Rental of advertising time on communication media
Publication of advertising literature
Rental of advertising space
Dissemination of advertising matter
Collection of data
Planning of advertising initiatives, namely, Data creation, Formatting of results, demand and context analysis, scenario proposal with weighting and argumentation, definition of means to be employed
Planning of marketing strategies
Communication consultancy (public relations and advertising)
Market studies
All the aforesaid services in particular being applied to the cosmetics industry, the agricultural industry, the agri-foodstuffs industry, the parapharmaceutical industry, companies or services specialising in marketing and to institutions and associations.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Training
Specialist training activities in the management of research projects
Arranging and conducting of colloquiums
Arranging and conducting of conferences
Arranging and conducting of congresses
Arranging and conducting of seminars
Arranging of exhibitions for cultural or educational purposes
Online publication of electronic books and journals
Publication of books and periodicals
Publication of scientific information journals
Publishing of scientific papers
Publishing of scientific publications
Providing of non-downloadable scientific electronic publications
Providing of scientific publications
All the aforesaid services in particular being applied to the cosmetics industry, the agricultural industry, the agri-foodstuffs industry, the parapharmaceutical industry, companies or services specialising in marketing and to institutions and associations.