The trademark TWYCE was filed by Helmut Salih, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 24, 2022, and received one opposition filed on June 26, 2022 by Affimed GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by SIMMONS & SIMMONS LLP and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 26, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003173447 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on September 3, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 1 with Chemical products for industrial or scientific purposes and reagents for laboratory purposes..
The mark was filed in class 5 with following description of goods:
Pharmaceutical and veterinary products
Organic compounds, biomolecules or biological macromolecules for pharmaceutical purposes
Organic compounds, biomolecules or biological macromolecules for the treatment of tumor diseases, viral, bacterial or protozoological infections
Antibodies.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Scientific and technology services in the field of biotechnology
Laboratory services
Research services
Research services employing biological macromolecules, in particular antibodies
Research services optimizing biological macromolecules, in particular antibodies
Services for testing pharmaceutical products in terms of their biological or drug behavior
Services for carrying out pre-clinical or clinical studies
Services for testing biological products, in particular antibodies.