The trademark verificom was filed by TrinityP3 Pty Ltd, a corporation established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 24, 2022, and received one opposition filed on May 23, 2022 by Verifi, Inc. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Boult Wade Tennant LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 23, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on July 4, 2022.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Brand evaluation services
Evaluation of business opportunities
Benchmarking (evaluation of business organisation practices)
Evaluating the impact of advertising on audiences
Business appraisals and evaluations in business matters
Evaluations relating to business management in commercial enterprises
Expert evaluations and reports relating to business matters
Preparation of expert evaluations and reports relating to business matters
Appraisals (Business -)
Computerised information services to business opportunities appraisals
Market assessment consultancy
Cost assessment services
Business risk assessment services
Evaluations relating to commercial matters
Statistical evaluations of marketing data
Marketing consultancy
Marketing assistance
Financial marketing
Marketing forecasting
Marketing services
Referral marketing
Online marketing
Digital marketing
Marketing research
Estimations for marketing purposes
Search engine marketing services
Preparation of marketing plans
Planning of marketing strategies
Provision of marketing reports
Advertising and marketing services
Professional consultancy relating to marketing
Consumer profiling for commercial or marketing purposes
Development and implementation of marketing strategies for others
Business statistics information
Collecting business statistics
Analysis of business statistics
Preparation of business statistical data
Provision of statistical information relating to business
Brand strategy services
Brand testing
Brand creation services
Brand creation services (advertising and promotion)
Consumer research
Research (Business -)
Market research
Advertising
Benchmarking services
All of the aforesaid services relating to the field of marketing and advertising
All of the aforesaid services relating to evaluating the relationships between advertisers, marketing procurement teams, and marketing agencies (marketing suppliers)
None of the aforesaid services relating to payment protection, payment disputes, fraud prevention, chargeback dispute management, and resolving billing inquiries and disputes.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Evaluation of product development
Evaluation of product design
Testing, analysis and evaluation of the goods of others for the purpose of certification
Testing, analysis and evaluation of the services of others for the purpose of certification
Quality assessment
Brand design services
Design of brand names
Provision of research services
Research relating to computers
Programming of software for online advertising
All of the aforesaid services relating to the field of marketing and advertising
All of the aforesaid services relating to evaluating the relationships between advertisers, marketing procurement teams, and marketing agencies (marketing suppliers)
None of the aforesaid services relating to payment protection, payment disputes, fraud prevention, chargeback dispute management, and resolving billing inquiries and disputes.