The trademark ANTALPHA was filed by TERRAMARK MARKENCREATION GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 5, 2021, and received one opposition filed on December 1, 2021 by Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by SIMMONS & SIMMONS LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 1, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Management of assets
Management of financial digital assets
Financial advisory services relating to management and transaction of digital assets
Financial consultation in the field of cryptocurrency
Financial exchange of virtual currency
Virtual currency services
Cryptocurrency trading services
Financial transactions
Financial transactions via blockchain
Online financial transactions
Recording of inter parties transactions in respect of financial digital assets
Financial transfers and transactions, and payment services.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Hosting of transaction platforms on the internet
Hosting platforms on the Internet
Software as a service [SaaS] featuring software for digital asset management, financial transactions, and transaction of encrypted digital assets
Platforms for digital asset transactions as software as a service [SaaS]
Digital asset management
Encryption, decryption and authentication of information, messages and data
Technological consulting in the field of cryptocurrency.