The trademark FINDUS was filed by CL Grundbesitz GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on November 1, 2022, and received one opposition filed on December 14, 2022 by Findos Investor GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 14, 2022
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on June 6, 2023.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data
Recorded and downloadable media, computer software
Application software
Data and file management and database software
Web application and server software
File servers
Artificial intelligence and machine learning software
Artificial intelligence software for analysis
Artificial intelligence software, for use in the following fields: real estate
Artificial intelligence software, for use in the following fields: valuation of real property
Databases
Databases (electronic)
Data management software
Computer software to enable the searching of data
Computer programmes for data processing
Computer software for database management
Computer software for database management
Computer software for creating searchable databases of information and data
Data processing apparatus
Artificial intelligence apparatus.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising
Business management, organisation and administration services
Office functions
Advertising services relating to real property
Computerised data verification
Computerized file management
Data management services
Computerised data processing
Compilation of mathematical data
Data compilation for others
Computerised data processing
Services comprising the composition of statistical data
Data processing
Processing of data for real estate affairs
Information relating to funding [professional business consultancy]
All the aforementioned services exclusively in the field of real estate and not in relation to corporate management relating to financial services and investor relations, nor in relation to corporate administration of holding companies and corporate administration through the transfer of expertise to portfolio companies, through networking, through access to business opportunities and through connecting management and investors.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Real estate affairs
Real estate appraisal
Real estate appraisal
Valuation of property
Real estate appraisal
Advisory services relating to real estate valuations
Research services relating to real estate acquisition
Real estate acquisition services, Excluding the provision and structuring of capital and excluding financial transactions, except insofar as the purchase, sale, valuation, management or the procurement and provision of information relating to real estate is concerned
Provision of information relating to property [real estate]
Computerised information services relating to real estate
Provision of information relating to the property market [real estate]
Providing information relating to real estate appraisal
Providing information relating to real estate affairs, via the Internet
Computerised financial services, in relation to the following fields: Purchase of real estate, Real estate sales, Real estate appraisal, Real estate management, Procurement and provision of information relating to real estate
Computerised real estate services, excluding the following services: Providing and structuring capital, financial transactions, as long as the purchase, sale, valuation, management or procurement and provision of information concerning real estate is not concerned
Computerised information for real estate appraisal by means of artificial intelligence
Procurement of financial documents and information relating to real estate
Financial consultancy, in relation to the following fields: Purchase of real estate, Real estate sales, Real estate appraisal, Real estate management, Procurement and provision of information relating to real estate
Providing information on financial subsidies for the purchase, sale, rental, renovation and refurbishment of energy-related measures of real estate.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Computer software design
Software development, programming and implementation
Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software
IT consultancy, advisory and information services
Data duplication and conversion services, data coding services
Software as a service [SaaS]
Platform as a service [PaaS]
Platforms for artificial intelligence as software as a service [SaaS]
Providing artificial intelligence computer programs on data networks
Design and development of electronic database software
Design and development of data retrieval software
Electronic data back-up
Computer services for the analysis of data
Design and development of computer software for evaluation and calculation of data
Design and development of computer software for reading, transmitting and organising data
Data mining
Computer software design, for use in the following fields: Valuation of real estate, Calculation of data for real estate matters
Procurement of technical documents, information and plans relating to real estate
Procurement of documents and information relating to natural hazard testing relating to real estate
Procurement of documents and information in the field of energy relating to real estate, in particular energy certificates.
The mark was filed in class 45 with Procurement of documents and information, for others, from public registers relating to real estate and services, in relation to the following fields: regulatory affairs, namely, Procurement of documents and information relating to real estate, in particular building plans, land registry extracts, cadastre extracts, property cards, extracts from the registry of public land charges, extracts from the registry of inherited liabilities, information relating to listed buildings, information relating to protected land, development contribution certificates, approval certificates, declaration of division, resident registration office information..