The trademark share was filed by Share GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 5, 2022, and received one opposition filed on September 4, 2022 by MobilePay A/S on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by PLESNER Advokatpartnerselskab and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 4, 2022
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Relative errors of the trademark registration was recorded on November 15, 2022. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on October 19, 2023.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Encoded debit cards, namely cards for bank or customer accounts connected with fundraising, charity, donation or other collection of funds activities for sustainable or social impact purposes
Encoded payment cards, namely cards for bank or customer accounts connected with fundraising, charity, donation or other collection of funds activities for sustainable or social impact purposes
Encoded membership cards
Software applications, for use in relation to banking services only in connection with fundraising, charity, donation or other collection of funds activities for sustainable or social impact purposes
Software applications, for use in relation to the following fields: Collection of donations, For charitable purposes.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Public relations services
Administration of membership schemes
Advertisements, in particular in connection with charitable services and fundraising activities
Retail and wholesale services, in relation to the following fields: Encoded debit cards, encoded payment cards, namely cards for bank or customer accounts connected with fundraising, charity, donation or other collection of funds activities for sustainable or social impact purposes, Encoded membership cards.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Fundraising and financial sponsorship
Charitable fund raising
Organisation of charity contributions (financial)
Management and allocation of charitable funds
Finance services connected with fundraising, charity, donation or other collection of funds activities for sustainable or social impact purposes
Payment card services connected with fundraising, charity, donation or other collection of funds activities for sustainable or social impact purposes
Financial and monetary services, and banking connected with fundraising, charity, donation or other collection of funds activities for sustainable or social impact purposes
Insurance underwriting
Real estate services
Provision of prepaid cards and tokens connected with fundraising, charity, donation or other collection of funds activities for sustainable or social impact purposes
Credit card and debit card services connected with fundraising, charity, donation or other collection of funds activities for sustainable or social impact purposes
Financial management of membership schemes
Consultancy and information relating to all the aforesaid services.