The trademark GROVEZ.IO was filed by Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 22, 2022, and received one opposition filed on June 21, 2022 by DivX, LLC on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by SIMMONS & SIMMONS LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 21, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on September 15, 2022.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Platform software
Computer software platforms
Cloud computing software
All of the aforesaid to be used in connection only with smart city applications regarding urban and industrial infrastructure in relation to water and wastewater, traffic and lighting systems and environmental sensors
None of the aforesaid to be used in relation to social networking (including chat, user location and groups), video recording (including geo-location-based video), or the producing, creating, viewing, sorting, storing, downloading, uploading and editing of audio, text, graphics, images, video or video clips, photos and/or multimedia content.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Software as a service [SaaS]
Software as a service [SaaS] featuring computer software platforms for artificial intelligence
Software development, programming and implementation
All of the aforesaid to be used in connection only with smart city applications regarding urban and industrial infrastructure in relation to water and wastewater, traffic and lighting systems and environmental sensors
None of the aforesaid to be used in relation to social networking (including chat, user location and groups), video recording (including geo-location-based video), or the producing, creating, viewing, sorting, storing, downloading, uploading and editing of audio, text, graphics, images, video or video clips, photos and/or multimedia content.