The trademark BV was filed by BUREAU VERITAS, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 20, 2021, and received one opposition filed on December 19, 2021 by Black & Veatch Holding Company on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by UEXKÜLL & STOLBERG PARTNERSCHAFT VON PATENT- UND RECHTSANWÄLTEN MBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 19, 2021
It was designated 'Basic Application' for International Application 1649348 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on March 26, 2023.
The Opposition with reference B 003160689 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on March 9, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with Cost evaluation and analysis.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Quality control and auditing services
Tracking the traceability of goods and monitoring their compliance with environmental standards
Auditing, Namely expertise Testing, Certification, analysing, Inspection, control, Appraisal, Diagnostics, The aforesaid services leading to the issuing of reports and/or certificates of conformity with specified requirements, standards, norms, and benchmarks
Advice and technical assistance in the implementation of any measures and processes relating to quality control, compliance with external and internal standards and the certification of public or private companies
Evaluation, technical auditing, certifying and analysis of systems, goods, processes and services
Provision of expert opinions, Engineering services
Technical consultancy for projects, in particular industrial projects, for the purposes of providing evaluations, diagnoses and assistance to private and public companies
Consultancy, research and participation in the development of standards and benchmarks
Evaluation, technical auditing, control, certifying and analysis of any measures and processes relating to the compliance of goods with environmental standards
Advice and technical assistance relating to the implementation of any measures and processes relating to the compliance of goods with environmental standards.