The trademark MBANQ was filed by FINLINK, INC. DBA Mbanq, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 23, 2022, and received one opposition filed on June 26, 2022 by mBank S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by SOŁTYSIŃSKI KAWECKI & SZLĘZAK - KANCELARIA RADCÓW PRAWNYCH I ADWOKATÓW and proceedings were handled in English, 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 003173674 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on November 27, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Automated clearing house (ACH) transaction processing services
Check processing
Checking account services
Debit card transaction processing services
Financial information provided by electronic means in the field of electronic payments, financial and regulatory compliance, commercial and consumer lending, mobile and web-based banking, and back-office financial functions
Issuing of cheques
Issuing of debit cards
Issuing prepaid debit cards
Processing electronic payments made through prepaid cards
Processing of debit card payments
Providing electronic processing of ACH and credit card transactions and electronic payments via a global computer network