The trademark BVNK was filed by BVNK Services Ltd, a corporation established under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 16, 2022, and received one opposition filed on August 10, 2022 by NEOXPAT LIMITED on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Javier Sanchez, Elena and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 10, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on February 13, 2024.
The Opposition with reference B 003176811 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on February 22, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Software
Software for financial services
Software for financial management
Software for making investments
Software for financial information, information analysis
Software for financial consultancy
Software for financial research and analysis
Software for brokerage services
Software allowing a specific user to manage investment and other users to make investments influenced at least by the specific user's investment decisions
Software allowing one user to interact with other users regarding investments
Software allowing users to manage investments via the internet
Software to facilitate online payments
Electronic payments software
Mobile software applications enabling ongoing connection to an investment portfolio
Software for trading in financial markets
Software to enable electronic transfer and trading services for a virtual currency, bitcoins, crypto currency, digital tokens and digital currency
Software for trading in financial instruments
Software to enable electronic financial trading, namely trading in the field of digitised assets such as bitcoins, crypto currency, digital tokens, virtual currency and digital currency
Apparatus for processing card transactions and data relating thereto and for payment processing
Credit cards
Magnetic cards
Magnetically encoded and smart (programmable) cards
Debit cards
Software for authenticating online payments
Downloadable smartphone software applications
Application software for mobile devices, wireless devices and cloud computing services
Software to produce financial modelling
Mobile apps relating to each of the aforesaid.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Financial services
Financial trading services
Investment services
Financial management services
Investment management
Financial portfolio management services
Security brokerage services
Financial management online platform for trading and exchange of financial instruments
Monetary services
Financial services relating to the trading of financial instruments
Financial management of investments on-line
Financial services allowing management of investments via the internet by users
Financial consultancy by investors to users of the internet
Financial information services
Brokerage services
Financial risk services
Financial loan services
Financial derivative and trading services relating to bitcoins
Providing a virtual currency for use by members of an on-line community via a global computer network
Financial information services regarding financial markets and instruments
Financial services, namely, providing electronic transfer and trading services for a virtual currency
Financial services for digital assets
Electronic financial trading, namely trading in the field of digitised assets such as bitcoins, crypto currency, digital tokens, virtual currency and digital currency
Insurance services
Insurance brokerage
Banking services
Financial sponsorship
Charitable fund raising services
Credit card services
Financial services relating to credit card services
Investment schemes and accounts
On-line financial, banking, savings, payment and credit facilities
Home banking and Internet banking
Services relating to each of the aforesaid provided via an app
Services relating to each of the aforesaid using an application programming interface
Consultancy, information, research and analysis services relating to each of the aforesaid.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Software as a service [SaaS]
Platform as a service [PaaS]
SaaS for financial services
PaaS for financial services
SaaS for making investments
PaaS for making investments
SaaS for financial information
PaaS for financial information
Technical data analysis
SaaS for financial management
PaaS for financial management
SaaS for trading, storing, sending, receiving, accepting, transmitting or managing cryptocurrencies, digital currencies or virtual currencies
PaaS for trading, storing, sending, receiving, accepting, transmitting or managing cryptocurrencies, digital currencies or virtual currencies
SaaS for managing cryptocurrency, digital currency and virtual currency payment and exchange transactions
PaaS for managing cryptocurrency, digital currency and virtual currency payment and exchange transactions
SaaS for processing electronic payments
PaaS for processing electronic payments
SaaS for financial consultancy
PaaS for financial consultancy
SaaS for financial research and analysis
PaaS for financial research and analysis
SaaS for brokerage services
PaaS for brokerage services
SaaS for enabling others to provide the aforesaid services via an online trading platform for themselves or others
PaaS for enabling others to provide the aforesaid services via an online trading platform for themselves or others
SaaS enabling ongoing connection to an investment portfolio
PaaS enabling ongoing connection to an investment portfolio
SaaS for trading in financial markets
PaaS for trading in financial markets
SaaS for trading financial instruments
PaaS for trading financial instruments
Hosting a website for electronically trading, storing, sending, receiving, accepting and transmitting cryptocurrencies, digital currencies and virtual currencies
Hosting a website for managing cryptocurrency, digital currency and virtual currency payment and exchange transactions
Hosting a website for processing electronic payments
Hosting a website for managing business and trade information
Computer services, namely creating an on-line community for users to participate in discussions, to share content, photos, videos, text, data, images and other electronic works, and engage in social networking
Application service provider (ASP) featuring application programming interface (API) software relating to financial information
SaaS to enable users to electronically view, access, acquire, and dispose of cash flow, investments, and other financial products in business-to-business transactions
PaaS to enable users to electronically view, access, acquire, and dispose of cash flow, investments, and other financial products in business-to-business transactions
SaaS to enable users to electronically view and dispose of payables and receivables in business-to-business transactions
PaaS to enable users to electronically view and dispose of payables and receivables in business-to-business transactions
SaaS for managing business and trade information
PaaS for managing business and trade information
Electronic signature verification and authorisation services
Digital signature verification and authorisation services
Data security services
Encryption services
Data security services, namely identification, authorisation, authentication and verification of data
Provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to all of the aforesaid.