The trademark VOICELY was filed by YouTalk social Inc., a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 19, 2022, and received one opposition filed on August 21, 2022 by VoiceLine GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Zirngibl Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 21, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003177324 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on April 29, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Downloadable mobile applications for messaging and securely communicating with peers, enabling transmission of images, audio-visual and video content, and other multi-media
Downloadable mobile applications for the transmission, distribution, recording, reproduction, display, organization, management, manipulation and review of messages, text, images, files, audio, video and audio-visual content and other data for the facilitation of communications between two or multiple users via cell phone networks, communication networks and the global information network
Smart phone and smart device downloadable software for conducting voice over internet protocol (VOIP) calls, phone calls, video calls, text messages, instant message and online social networking services.