The trademark helyOS was filed by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on November 1, 2021, and received one opposition filed on January 31, 2022 by Helios Kliniken GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Küster, Brigitte and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 31, 2022
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Navigational apparatus for automobiles
Car navigation computers
Apparatus and instruments for geolocation
Geographic information system [GIS] software
Electronic control systems
Steering apparatus, automatic, for vehicles
Autonomous driving control systems for vehicles
Wireless controllers to remotely monitor and control the function and status of other electrical, electronic, and mechanical devices or systems
Computer programs to operate vehicles
Artificial intelligence software for driverless cars
Artificial intelligence and machine learning software
Mobile apps
Software for monitoring, analysing, controlling and running physical world operations
Application software for mobile phones and wireless devices
Scheduling software
Computer programs for use in the autonomous navigation of vehicles
Computer programs for use in autonomous control of vehicles
Computer applications for automotive control
Computer applications for automatic vehicle driving control
Software
Recorded content
Databases
Electronic publications, downloadable
None of the aforesaid goods in the field of vehicle sharing services.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Providing access to platforms and portals on the Internet
Providing access to information on the Internet
Providing user access to computer programmes in data networks
Providing access to databases
Computer communication and Internet access
Computer aided transmission of messages and images
None of the aforesaid services in the field of vehicle sharing services
All aforementioned services not for the use for medical purposes.
The mark was filed in class 39 with following description of goods:
Navigation (positioning, and route and course plotting)
Vehicle routing by computer on data networks
Transport
None of the aforesaid services in the field of vehicle sharing services.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto
Scientific and industrial research
Scientific and technical consultancy
Engineering and providing of scientific expertise
Technical and scientific project planning
Technical research and development (for others)
Technical research
Mechanical research
Research in the field of physics
Research relating to the computerised automation of technical processes
Research in the field of artificial intelligence technology
Programming
IT services
Development and testing of computing methods, algorithms and software
Design and development of computer hardware and software
Development of data bases
Maintenance of software
Installation of computer software
Design and development of route planning software
Programming of electronic control systems
Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software
None of the aforesaid services in the field of vehicle sharing services
All aforementioned services not for the use for medical purposes.