The trademark Batchforce was filed by OPENPLUS SYSTEMS BV, a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 30, 2022, and received one opposition filed on September 29, 2022 by Salesforce, Inc. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Nordemann Czychowski & Partner Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälte mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 29, 2022
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Purchasing of manufacturing goods and services for other businesses
Manufacturing procurement services for others [purchasing manufacturing goods and services for other businesses]
All the foregoing to be provided by professionals in the field of manufacturing services.
The mark was filed in class 38 with Provision of access to an electronic, custom manufacturing services marketplace [portal] on computer networks and all the foregoing relating to a marketplace for connecting buyers of custom manufacturing services for small scale production with custom manufacturing services provided by manufacturing professionals..