The trademark UPDF was filed by Superace Software Technology Co., Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on January 31, 2022, and received one opposition filed on April 29, 2022 by ILOVEPDF on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by ORIOL ASENSIO IP, SLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 29, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on June 15, 2022. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on December 21, 2022.
The Opposition with reference B 003170004 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on February 18, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Software development kit [SDK]
Data processing software for word processing
Downloadable computer software applications
Software and applications for mobile devices
Software
Downloadable computer software for use as an application programming interface (API)
Application software for cloud computing services
Software for processing images, graphics, audio, video and text
Computer programs for video and computer games
Computer programs for document management.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Conversion of data or documents from physical to electronic media
Digitization of documents [scanning]
Providing software on a global computer network
Development of interactive multimedia software
Design and development of data processing software
Software as a service [SAAS] services
Development of systems for the transmission of data
Design and development of word processing software
Conversion of computer programs and data, other than physical conversion